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HISTORY OF RUMFORD 



OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE 



From its First Settlement in 1779 



TO 



THE PRESENT TIME 



BY WILLIAM B. LAPHAM. 



'''■Should auld acquaintance he forgot 
And days of auld lang synef'' 



AUGUSTA : 

PRESS OF THE MAINE FARMER. 

1890. 



HEDICATIDN, 



TO THE NATIVE NON-RESIDENTS AND TO THE RESIDENTS 

OF THIS TOWN WHO HAVE 

AIDED AND ENCOURAGED IN THE CONSUMMATION OF THIS WORK, 

AND THEREBY ASSISTED IN SAVING FROM OBLIVION 

SOME OF THE 

RECORDS AND REMINESCENCES OF THEIR ANCESTORS; 

TO THE MEMORY OP THE PIONEER SETTLERS OF 

^tw f ennaeoofe and ^umfottf, 

WHO LEFT TO THEIR CHILDREN THIS GOODLY HERITAGE, 
AND FINALLY, 

TO THE Sons and Daughters of good old Rumfobd, 

WHEREVER THEY ARE, 

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED AND DEDICATED, 

BY THEIR FRIEND AND SERVANT, 

THE AUTHOR. 

Augusta, Maine, January 1, 1890. 



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PREFACE. 



"What sum wUl it be necessary to pledge to induce you to com- 
pile a history of the town of Rumford ?" 

The above question was asked me by Mr. John M. Adams of 
Portland, so long ago that the circumstance had entirely passed 
from my mind until recalled by Mr. Adams m the sprmg ot 1888, 
coupled with the remark that he was ready to guarantee the sum 
named, and that I could enter upon the work as soon as conven,ent_ 
The task therefore was not a self-imposed one, and was enteied 
upon with considerable reluctance. While I had had some acquamt-^. ^ 
ance with certain representative men of the town m bygone ye^. 
with a large proportion of the people I was unacquamtcd, never 
Tving spe^t much time in Rumford, and having for nearly a gener- 
ation reided out of the county. Without the hearty -opera u>n 
of the people of a town, it is difficult even for a res.dent, o gath 
the materials for such town's history, and for a -""^f » '* « 
much more difficult. This co-operation, I feared I might no have 
Tnd iu some degree, such has been the case. But I was pledg«l 
the work and went immediately about it, and the result, such as 
t is, will be found in the following pages. Wh.le some have not 
sho;n that degree of interest in the work which -s desrraWe, and 
which, if felt and had been given expression m deeds, would have 
added materially to its interest and value, yet there have been hon- 
orable exceptions. My obligations are due to the ---*» office.s 
of 1888, tor permission given to make abstracts from th town 
records at my own home. Without sncl> permission the work could 
notTave proceeded and must have been abandoned. To the town 
derk Mr James S. Morse, I am indebted for other favors winch 
have ever been cheerfully granted. Winlield S. Howe « H-over, has 
responded to calls for copies of records with commendable alamty^ 
Mr. Merrit N. Lufkin has shown a deep interest m the work from 



vi ins TOUT OF HUM FORD. 

its inception, and has done all he could to help it along. His words 
of eucouragenieut have not been the least of his contributions. 
Henry W. Park of Mexico, and Henry M. Colby, have cheerfully 
supplied me with material for an outline sketch of Blazing Star 
Lodge of Masons. Dr. John F. Pratt of Chelsea, Mass., has laid 
me under renewed obligation by furnishing copies of original docu- 
ments in the archives of Massachusetts. But to no one am I more 
indebted than to Mr. Chaplin Virgin, whose good intentions crys- 
tallized into deeds, and who has greatly assisted me in gathering 
material for every department of the work. Years hence, when all 
who have had to do with the publication of this book, and all those 
mentioned therein who now survive, shall have passed away, the 
descendants of Rumford people who peruse this and the following 
pages, will hold in grateful remembrance the names of those who 
aided in gathering up and passing down to them some account of 
the lives and deeds of their ancestors, who cleared and cultivated 
Rumford lands. And to those natives of Rumford residing else- 
where, who have shown their interest in the work by contributing 
eleven-twelfths of the sum pledged to insure its writing, I feel under 
just as deep obligation as though I had solicited the task, and had 
received a compensation commensurate with its performance. 

WM. B. LAPHAM. 



ABSTRACT OF CHAPTERS. 

Chapter I. 
Physical Description of Rumford-Its Metes and Bounds-Its Rivers 
f nysicai i^ei>L 1 riimate Agricultural resources, its 

and Mountains— Its Soil, Climate, Agnc 

Geology, Minerals and Metals-The Great Falls-Its Trees, 
Plants and Animals — 1-5. 

Chapter II. 
Brief Sketch of theParent Town-Conocd, « ■ « --The Cout™ 
respecting the Boundary Line of Massachnsetts-The Contest 
settled tafavor of New Han,pshire-The long Contest w.th the 
Cn of Bow-"Coneord" at Last-Grantees of Concord ask tor 
Indemnity from Massachusetts— 5-9 . 

Chapter III- 

Papers relating to the Grant-Col. Timothy Walker's Petition-A 
TaLahleKesponse-The Grant o^ an East.-n Townsh -.m^ 
vey and Assignments of Rights-Petition for Re-confiimation 
Allowed— 9-15. 

Chapter IV. 
The Proprietary-Call for the First ^^-ting-The Fu-s^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Other Meetings and Their Proceedings-Drawing of Lots ^ ew 
Pennacook"-Meetings Transferred from Concord to the New 
Town— Last Meeting of the Proprietors— 15-32. 

Chapter V. 
Land Transfers in New Pennacook— 33-37. 

Chapter VI. 
Petition for Incorporation as .cChina"-Incorporated as "Rumford" 
—38-40. 



viii niSTonr of nrMFonD. 

Chapter VII. 

Sketeli of Benjamin Thompson — Connt Rumford — His Parentage, 
l*lace and Date of liirth — Early Career — (lOes to Kumford (now 
Concord) N. H. — Marries the Widow Rolfe, Daughter of Rev. 
Timothy Walker — Suspected of Disloyalty to the Cause of the 
Colonies — Goes toCharlestown and Boston, and finally to England 
— Career in Europe — Receives Knighthood — His Death — 41-47. 

Chapter VIII. 

The Early Settlers — Jonathan Keyes — Early Route to New Penna- 
cook — Direct Tax of 1798 — Statistics of New Pennacook — 48-53. 

Chapter IX. 
Brief Sketch of Oxford County — Its Boundaries and Pearly and 
Later Towns — Its Population by Towns while Part of Massachu- 
setts — 53-56. 

Chapter X. 

Abstract of Town Records — Warrant for First Town Meeting, and 
proceedings — Abstract of Doings of Subsequent Meetings to 1820 
—57-69. 

Chapter XI. 

Direct Tax of 1816, showing Real Estate Owners at that Date, 
Value of Real Estate and Amount of Tax — 69-71. 

Chapter XII. 
Abstract of Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1820 to 1867 — 72-87. 

Chapter XIII. 

Rev. Daniel Gould's Short History of Rumford — Boundaries and 
Physical Eeatures — The (irant and Survey of the Township — 
The Great Falls — Ores and Minerals — Statistics of Agriculture, 
Orcharding, Religious Societies, cVcc. — Characteristics of the 
People — (ieneral Remarks — Howard's Gore — 87-97. 

Chapter XIV. 

The Androscoggin River — Its Source, Size and Length — Indian 
Names — Its Volume of Water and its Inconstancy — 97-100. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. ix 

Chapter XV. 
The Androscoggin Indians — No Permanent Residence or Burial 
Places in this Town — Their Extreme Hostility to the English — 
Molly Ockett—Matalluk— 101-105. 

Chapter XVI. 
How theEarly Settlers Lived — Their Hardships, Trials and Suffering 
— Travelled on foot or on Horseback — Religious Duties Discharged 
— Somewhat Skeptical about Some Things — Sterling People — The 
Fathers and Mothers have Passed Away — 105-110. 

Chapter XVII. 

Post Riders and Post Offices — Lists of Post Masters at the Various 
Offices in Town — Early Post Riders and Stage Drivers — Great 
Improvement in Later Years — 111-114. 

Chapter XVIII. 

Rumford Surnames and their Origin — When Surnames were First 
Used, and the Reason Therefor — From What Derived — 115-120. 

Chapter XIX. 

Intemperance in the Early Times — Pauperism — Early Movements 
for Temperance — The Washingtonians — The Town Awakened — 
Later Reforms — 121-125. 

Chapter XX. 
Freemasonry — When Planted in Rumford — A Decline and Revival 
— Lists of Officers and Members — 125-130. 

Chapter XXI. 
Rolfe's Rock — Thrilling Adventure of Mr. Benjamin Rolfe — A 
Night on a Rock at the Head of the Great Falls — A Rescue — A 
Poor Tavern — 131-134. 

Chapter XXII. 
Church History — The Congregationalists — Settlement of Pastors — 
Statistics — Proceedings of Meetings — Lists of Members — The 
Methodists — Early in Town — List of Ministers — Universalists — 
Never Strong but Influential — List of Ministers, and some of the 
Leading; Members — 135-146. 



X HISTORY OF ItUMFOBD. 

Chapteu XXIII. 

Rumford Ministers — Samuel R. Ilall — Daniel Gould — John Elliot — 
Josiah G. Merrill — Joseph Lufkin and others — 147-152. 

Chapter XXIV. 
The Legal Profession — Peter C. Virgin — Lyman Rawson — Timothy 
J. Carter — Wm. K. Kimball — AVm. Wirt Virgin — Henry F. 
Blanehard— Orlando W. Blanehard— 152-155. 

Chapter XXV. 

The Medical Porfession — Hiram F. Abbot — Zenas AV. Bartlett — 
Jonathan 8. Millett — Dana Boardman Putnam — Thomas Roberts 
— Frank G. Russell — Freeman Yj. Small — 156-158. 

Chapter XXVI. 

Rumford Falls — Chief Natural Object in Town — Its Altitude — 
Volume of Water— Capacity for Propelling Machinery — 159-161. 

Chapter XXVII. 

Military Affairs — Early Trainings — Lists of Officers — "The Aroos- 
took War" — Rumford Company — Revolutionary Soldiers — War 
of 1812 — Captain Wheeler's Company — 162-169. 

Chapter XXVIII. 

War of the Rel)ellion — Rumford's Splendid Contributions to the 
Army — Lists of Those who died from Wounds or Disease — Full 
List of the Veterans— 170-183. 

Chapter XXIX. 
Educational — Parson Gould's Good Work — Samuel R. Hall, the 
/ Inventor of the Black-board — Virtue Howard and Other Veteran 
Teachers— "Master Hutchins"— 184-187. 

Chapter XXX. 

Other Transfers of Land in Rumford, Showing who were Sellers 
and Purchasers, and giving the Names of Some of the Early 
Settlers— 188-191. 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. xi 

Chapter XXXI. 

Rumford Civil Officers — Town Clerks, Treasurers and Selectmen — 

Justices of the Peace, Coronors, Trial Justices, &c. — 192-195. 

Chapter XXXII. 
Eearly Roads — Road from Paris to Pennacook — The Pennacook 
Road— Town Ways— 196-198. 

Chapter XXXIII. 

Deaths in Rumford — Deaths recorded by Rev. Eliphalet S. Hopkins 
and Rev. John Elliot from 1840 to the close of 1879—198-201. 

Chapter XXXIV. 
Enumeration of the People known as the Census of 1850, showing 
the Residents in Rumford and their ages at that time — 202-215. 

Chapter XXXV. 

Gleanings — Bear Stories — Indians — Bridges and Ferries — Tub 
Navigation — Mills and Other Manufactories — Phineas Wood — 
Justice Rolfe — Aunt Lydia Cushman — Some Noted Citizens — 
Rumford Taverns — "What a Toad" — Stickney Virgin's "and so 
forth" — Blacksmiths and Shoe Makers — Business at the Falls — 
Mount Zircon Spring — 216-244. 

Chapter XXXVI. 
Personal Sketches — Philip Abbot — Nathan Adams, Jr. — Susan 
Merrill Adams — John Milton Adams — Alvan Bolster —William 
W. Bolster — James H. Farnum — George L. Farnum — Francis 
Keyes — Moses F. Kimball — Porter Kimball — Wm. W. Kimball 
— Charles A. Kimball — Charles H. Kimball — John Rolfe — Enoch 
C. Rolfe — John A. Rolfe — Janette B. Ricker — Benjamin P. Snow 
— Timothy Walker — Charles Walker — Joseph Wardwell — John 
R. Wood— 245-256. 

Chapter XXXVII. 
Records of Intentions of Marriage. 



xii inSTOIiY OF nUMFORD. 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Adams Family 247 

Adams 1 lomostcad, I )t'oriiig 298 

Adams I'omcstead, IJumfonl 229 

Bolster, Gen. Alvaii 248 

Bolster, Mrs. ( Cynthia 249 

Fariium, ( Joori^e L 2;il 

KoHc, .John a' 256 

EoUc, .lolin A., Homestead 257 

Kolfe, Enoch «' :W2 

Ek-ker. Mrs. Janette B :«)7 

Ra wson, l.jMnan 388 

Rumford Tpper Fall P^rontis 

Riimford Lo\v(M" Fall 159 

Rumlord Fails Vills 101 

Vir<;in, I'eter < ! 252 

Virti^in. Wm. \V 254 

Virgin Homestead 413 

Walker, 'I'imothv 258 

Walker, Mrs. Luna 2.59 

Walkei', Charles 2G0 

Wood, .John 11 262 



INDEX TO PERSONAL NOTICES. 



Abbot, Phiiii) 245 Kimball. William W 253 

Abbot Hiram F 1.56 Kimball, Charles A 2.54 

Adams, Nathan 229 Kimball, Charles H 254 

Adams, Nathan, .Jr 245 Knai)p, I)avid 253 

Adams, Susan \lerrill 246 Lufkin. .loseph 151 

Adams, John M 247 Merrill, .losiah G 150 

Bartletl, Samuel 244 Millett, .Fonathan S 157 

Bartlett, Zenas W 1.56 I'utnam, Dana Boardman 157 

Blaiubard. Henry F 154 IVttinsrill, Oliver 237 

Blanchard, Orlando W 1.55 Pettingill, Waldo 237 

Bolster, Alvan 248 Rawson, Lyman 151 

Bolster, Wm. W 249 Roberts, Thomas 158 

Bullock, .lames 237 Russell. Frank G 158 

Carter, Timothy. J 1.53 Rolf e, .John 2.56 

Elliot. Rev. .lohn 149 Rolfe,EnochC 256 

p:iliut, .Fobn F 242 Rolfe, .John A 257 

Elliot, Maria Danforth 213 Ricker .lanette B 2.58 

Farnum, .lames H 25i» Small, Freeman E 158 

Farmnn, (ieorge L 251 Snow, Benjamin P 2.58 

F'uller, Simeon 237 Virgin Peter C 151 

Gould. Daniel 148 Virgin, William W 155 

Hall, Samuel K 147 Walker, Timothy 2.59 

Hutcliin-:, Sullivan R 243 Walker. Charles.' 260 

Howe, .lohn"s sons 235 Ward well, .foseph 2(il 

Keyes, Francis 251 Wardwell, .loseph H 232 

Kimball, William K 1.53 Wheeler, William 236 

Kimball, Moses F 252 Wood .lohn R 262 

Kimball, Porter 2.53 



HISTOBY OF ItUMFOBD. xiii 



PATRONS. 



The following persons became patrons of this work by the pay- 
ment of the sums set against their respective names : 

John M. Adams, Portland $50 00 

Charles H. Kimball, New York 50 00 

Wm. W. Kimball, Chicago ,. 50 00 

Charles Walker, Lewiston 50 00 

Wm. Wirt Virgin, Portland 20 00 

James M. Kimball, Portland 20 00 

Henry F. Bianchard, Augusta 10 00 

Wm. W. Bolster, Auburn 10 00 

John A. Eolfe, Boston , 10 00 

Charles A. Kimball, Kumford 10 00 

Waldo Pettingill, Euraford 10 00 

Chaplin Virgin, Rumford 5 00 

Augustus H. Adams, Haverhill, Mass 10 00 



SUBSCRIBER'S NAMES. 



Rumford Subscribers. 

C. B. Abbot 2 T. H. Burge-ss 

Chandler Abbot 1 A. P. Beattie 

Charles H. Abbot 1 S. S. Blodgett 

Samuel V. Abbot 1 Mrs. Ella S. Brown. 

Edwin Abbot 1 Mrs. Hannah Childs . 

Henry M. Abbot 1 T. D. Colby 

Amos S. Austin 1 Henrj' M. Colby 

Hiram F. Abbot 1 Royal A. Clement. . . 

J. H. Barker. 1 Mrs. Ella E. Dollev. 

R. H. Bixby 1 F. S. Delano ". . 

A. L. Bixby 1 R. C. DoUoff 

Wm. M. Bianchard 1 Cotton Elliot 

J. A. Bartlett 1 G. F. Elliot 



XIV 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 



C. M.P:iIio*: 1 

Will. Elliot 

C. P. Eaton 

Mrs Mary W. Farrar 

Mrs. Hannah Faiiiuni 

D. G. Earnuni 

Wm. II. Faiiuiiii 

Livinjj;ston (ilover 

Eewis E. Glover 

J. C. Graham 1 

Alviii G. Goddard 1 

Mrs. Sai-ah Godwin 1 

Otis Howe 1 

Otis Howe, 2d 1 

J. H. Howe 1 

Miss (^'atherine S. Howe 1 

L. T. Howe 1 

John Howe '2 

P. ('. Howard 1 

Mrs. Mabel Hardy 1 

Geor<:;e Hoyt 1 

A. J. Knight 1 

Mrs. Fanny Kennison 1 

M. F. Knight 1 

Chas. A. Kimball 1 

Asa Kimball 1 

D. E. Kimball 1 

Merrit N. I>utkin 1 

A. B. Eovejoy 1 

John Martin 1 

C. K. Martin 1 

S. L. Moodv 1 

J. H. Martin 1 



Will. Martin 

Jas. S. Morse 

Fred A. Porter 

Waldo Pettingill ... 

IJenj. P. Putnam 

F. P. Putnam 

Wm. Phinney 

James F. Putnam 

I). F. and J. P. Roberts 

Mrs. C. F. liiohardson 

M. E. Rowe 

Mrs. Sallv E. Richardson 

J. ('. Small 

J. E. Htevens 

G. T. Silver 

W. R. Swain 

Charles E. Simpson 

D. E. Simpson 

Wm . F. Stevens 

Y. A. Thurston 

John Thompson 

Miss S. A. Thompson 

C. P. Thomas 

G. C. Twomblj' 

G. T. Thurston 

W. ^V. Virgin 

Chaplin Virgin 

B. B. Wyman 

J. H. Wardwell 

W. A. Wyman 

Mrs. Euna Walker 

Miss Cynthia Walker 2 



Other Subscribers. 



Adams, John M., Portland 2 

Adams, A. H.. Ilaverliill, Mass 1 

Bolster, William W., Auburn 1 

Brown, John M., Portland 1 

Blanehard, H. F., Augusta 2 

Bisbee, George D., Buckfield 1 

Chisholm, Hugh J., Portland 2 

Cushman, Samuel D., Dexter 1 

Dwinel Eester, Bangor 2 

Elliot, J. F., Hyde Park Mass 2 

Farnum, William F., Eawrence, Mass 1 

Gallison, Jeflerson C., Franklin, Mass 1 

Haines, John, Waltham, Mass 1 

Kimi)all, Charles IE, New York 4 

Kimball, William W., Chicago 1 

Eufkin, Randall, Concord, N. H 1 

Eibrarv, Maine State. Augusta 1 

Eibrary, M. & M., Eewiston 1 

Library, Portland l*ublic, Portland 1 

Eibrary, Eithgow, Augusta 1 

Eilirary, Maine Historical, Portland 2 

Mc( lurg, A. C. tt Co., Chicago 1 

Putnam, (i. P. Sons, New York 1 

Peabody. Frank D., Eancuster, N. H 1 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. XV 

Putnam, John F., Lewistou 1 

Parker, Mrs. Hannah, Brooklyn, X. Y 2 

Rolf e, John A. . Boston 5 

Picker, E. P., South Poland 2 

Rolfe, Lucina, Milton Plantation 1 

Eichardson, Dr. G. G., Dixfield 1 

Segar, Jarvis M., Lowell, Mass 1 

Virgin, William W., Portland 1 

Walker, Charles, Lewiston 2 

Walton, Charles W., Deering 1 

Wood, John E., Brooklyn. N. Y 4 



ERRATA. 



No doubt errors will be found in this book of which the compiler has no 
knowledge, and after the work is completed, he does not care to know. A 
few errors which might be misleading are here corrected, while mere typo- 
graphical mistakes where tne meaning is obvious, are not. 

Page 64, line 19 from bottom, for Jackson Graham, read Joshua. 
" 86, line 6 from bottom, for George K. Martin, read Jonathan K. 
" 117, line 15 from bottom, for Glenis, read Glines. 
" 188, second paragraph, for Simeon, read Simon. 
" 289, top line, for father, read brother. 
»' 361, bottom line, for 1782, read 1882. 



Qi^toi^y of i\tiii|fofd. 



CHAPTER I. 

fYTliHE town of Rumford is situated in north latitude forty-four 
^A^M degrees aud thirty minutes, and in longitude west from 
Greenwich, seventy degrees and fort}' minutes. The lines as de- 
scribed above, cross each other near the center of the town. 

It is situated near the center of the county of Oxford, is about 
twenty miles north-north-west from Paris, the shire town of the 
county, and about seveut}' miles from Portland, the nearest sea- 
port. 

Its adjoining towns at the present time (1890) are Andover, Rox- 
bury, Mexico, Peru, Franklin Plantation, INIilton Plantation, Han- 
over, Bethel and Newr3^ 

The town was run out seven miles and forty rods square. Its 
easterly and westerly lines were run eighteen and one-half degrees 
west of north, aud its northerh' and southerly lines seventy-one and 
one-half degrees east of north. On account of the variation of the 
magnetic needle, these points do not exactlj' correspond with the 
lines at the present time. A small allowance must be made in 
tracing the old lines. 

The Androscoggin river flows through the town from west to 
east. The Ellis river enters the town from Andover, and, flowing 
southerljf, empties into the Androscoggin river near Rumford Point. 
Swift river forms the dividing line between Rumford and Mexico. 

White Cap and Black Mountain are situated in the north part of 
the town, and Glass Face betw^eeu Rumford Point and the Center. 
Hemmingwa}' mountain is in the extreme south part of the town, 
and there are several other minor mountains in town which have no 
specific names. Three of these are below the Center, and north of 
the road leading from the Center to East Rumford. 

Concord river, in ordinary low water, is nothing more than a 



2 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

brook. It rises in Woodstock and jMilton Plantation, and flows 
northwardly into the Androscoggin at the bend of the river near 
the jnnction of the Runiford and Paris with the South river roads. 
It forms the water power for Abbot's Mills, and in spring and fall 
carries a large body of water. The South river road crosses it near 
where it debouches into the great Androscoggin. Split brook flows 
into the Androscoggin at Rumford Center, and furnished the power 
for early mills. Several small brooks flow into Ellis river, some 
from the easterly and some from the westerly side. Some of these 
have supplied the power for small mills. Pleasure brook flows 
from AVhite Cap and empties into Ellis river, and below this is 
Meadow brook flowing into the same. There are also brooks rising 
in the vicinity of Black Mountain and flowing into Swift river. 

The town of Rumford is much broken into hills and mountains. 
Along the borders of the principal rivers are belts of interval more 
or less broad, very fertile and productive. There are also some 
good upland farms, and the hill-sides furnish excellent pasturage. 
The north-eastern part of the town is of but little value for purposes 
of husbandry. 

The inhabitants of Rumford are engaged mostly in agriculture. 
There are no large manufacturing establishments in town, although 
the gi'eat falls afford an unlimited water power. There are a few 
small stores in difterent parts of the town which supply the local 
demands, but no important centers of trade or business. The 
farmers generally are thrifty and prosperous. There are small 
lumber mills in the north part of the town, at the Center, on Con- 
cord river, and at the Falls, sullicient to supply the local demand. 

The soil of Rumford is generally granitic. The intervals are 
composed of alluvium, and their richness is frequently renewed by 
spring freshets. The uplands are a gravelly loam, and are more or 
less fertile according to the amount of vegetable matter they con- 
tain. 

The geology of Rumford is much the same as that of other towns 
in central and northern Oxford county. The mountains are mostly 
made up of coarse granite or gneiss, and cobble knolls and ridges 
show evidence of ancient glacial action. Dr. Jackson, in the re- 
port of his geological survey of IMaine, made in 1837, speaks of 
good granite at Holmes' brook and Peavy's mountain in Rumford, 
and also of granite and limestone at the Falls ; also of limestone at 
the Point. He also speaks of finding mica, slate, feldspar, sahlite, 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 3 

lead ore and plumbago in this town. He also describes the Paint 
Mine referred to elsewhere by Rev. Daniel Gould. Dr. Jackson 
says : 

"The locality in question is upon the estate of Mr. Samuel Luf- 
kin. It is on a hill-side, where a mineral spring, issuing from the 
rocks, has deposited a conical heap of the red ochreous red oxide 
of iron, amid a clump of trees. The paint is capable of being 
wrought advantageously for the manufacture of red ochre, since 
the quantity is large, and it is constantly forming by gradual de- 
position from the water of the spring. It may be rendered of a 
very bright red, simply by the process of roasting it, and then it 
may be rendered fine by levigation with water, or by sifting. I 
found a bed of bog iron ore collected in the lowlands around, whose 
length was four hundred and fifty feet, breadth ninety feet, and 
depth two feet, enough to supply a small blast furnace for ten 
years, and to yield about two thousand tons of iron. It will 3neld 
fifty per centum of iron and will smelt easily, making good cast 
iron." 

Dr. Jackson adds : "Rumford is a picturesque spot, surrounded 
by rugged granite mountains, among which the beautiful Andros- 
coggin winds its devious way." Speaking of the Great Falls he 
says: "Rumford Falls are produced by the bovmding waters of 
the great Androscoggin, as they sportively leap over abrupt and 
craggy ledges of granite rocks, and dash their spray high in the air. 
There are at present three or four waterfalls where anciently there 
must have been others of greater magnitude, for deep holes are 
seen worn high up the rocky banks where the waters never ran in 
modern times. On a point just below the falls, there is a bed of 
granular limestone. It is coarse and of the crystaline variety of 
carbonate of lime, containing scattered green crystals of actyuolite 
and pargasite, in small grains and fibres. Some of the beds are 
of ten feet in thickness. I should estimate the quantity of lime 
that may be made here at one hundred thousands casks, and it is 
easy to quarry and burn. In order to bring it to land, it will be 
needful to make an inclined plane of timber, like those used in saw 
mills, and the machinery of the saw mill immediately above, will 
drag the rock to the bank where it is to be burned." 

The flora of Rumford presents no peculiarities. White |)ine was 
quite abundant here when the first settlers came. There was also 
abundance of spruce, hemlock and fir. Of the hard woods, yellow 



4 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

biix'h, beech and the rock maple were the principal varieties. Elms 
were found on the rivers, cedars in the swamps, and an occasional 
bass-wood in the forest. Poplai- and white birch have come up in 
some localities as a second growth. The native plants are the same 
as those found in most other localities in this latitude, and the 
exotics, many of them in the shape of weeds, are as numerous and 
troublesome as elsewhere. The "Wake Robin," both wliite and 
purple, is seen on the margin of woodland streams in early spring, 
the purple Rhodora in the lowlands and lilue and white violets on 
the sunny slopes, and these are followed by the long train of native 
flowering plants which bloom in their season. 

The black bear was found here by the early settlers, and has in- 
fested the mountainous region to the northward, ever since. He 
frequently raids the sheep-pastures, and corn planted on new land, 
back from the settlements, sometimes suffers more or less from his 
ravages. Coons were common when the township was first settled, 
but have mostly disappeared. Sables were successfully hunted for 
their skins, and loupcerviers were often seen in the forest. The 
deer and moose were no strangers to the early settlers, and sup- 
plied the larder with excellent food. The smaller animals were the 
wily fox, the timid mink, the prickly hedgehog, the odoriferous 
skunk, the hibernating woodchuck, and several varieties of the 
agile squirrel family. The early settlers were sometimes startled 
in the night-time, by the blood-curdling cry of the American pan- 
ther, called ])y them, the "Indian Devil," but no encounters with 
them, by Rumford pioneers, are on record. One of them once fol- 
lowed a Paris man, who had been to New Peunacook after seed 
potatoes, to his home on the l)ank of the Little Androscoggin. He 
entered his house, and had just time to close the door and bar it, 
when the infuriated and disappointed animal came against it. But 
the door was stoutly made and resisted his attacks, and after hang- 
ing around awhile, he uttered a fearful cry and plunged into the 
forest. This man had stopped at an old canqi near North Wood- 
stock, intending to spend the night there, but, after it became dark, 
he was startled by the cry of a panther not far away, and knowing 
that the old shanty would afford no protection, he shouldered his 
bag and started for home by the narrow jnith through the woods. 
The animal followed him but seemed in no haste to seize him, evi- 
dently supposing him to be his own, and that he could take him 
when he pleased. Macomber, for that was his name, when the 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 5 

animal came quite near, threw down his bag of potatoes which 
stopped him a few moments, and afterwards threw off his coat for 
the same purpose, and with the same effect. After- satisfying his 
curiosity, the mammoth cat on each occasion, set up his fearful 
scream and followed on. Macomber's escape was marvelous, and 
the incident was talked over at the firesides of the settlers for 
many a day and year. 



CHAPTER II. 

BRIEF SKETCH OP THE PARENT TOWN. 

IpllpHE parent town of Eumford, beautifully situated on the banks 
^1^ of the Merrimac, was Concord, in the State of New Hamp- 
shire, and from that town came many of the early settlers. A brief 
sketch of early Concord, is therefore essential to a clear compre- 
hension of the causes that led to the settlement of Rumford. The 
long controversy between the Masouian Proprietors of New Hamp- 
shire and the Government of the Massachusetts Bay, respecting the 
division line between the two Provinces, is recorded in history, and 
an epitome of this controversy is briefly as follows : The terms of 
the Massachusetts charter, granted in the year one thousand six 
hundred and twenty-eight, and confirmed iu one thousand six hun- 
dred and ninety-one, established the northern boundary of the Prov- 
ince, three miles north of the Merrimac river, and each and every 
part of it, obviously meaning, thi^ee miles beyond the river. It was 
then supposed that the general course of that river was from west 
to east, while, as a matter of fact now well known, at a point about 
thirty miles from the sea, it makes almost a right angle and from 
that point stretches almost due north. There was no mistake as to 
the meaning and intent of the grant iu fixing this northern bound- 
ary, but when Massachusetts wished to find a pretext for taking 
possession of a large proportion of the grants to Gorges and Mason, 
a new interpretation was given to the language describing the 
boundary, and instead of a line three miles across the river at its 
mouth, a point was taken three miles north of its headwaters, and 
from that a line easterly to the sea. If this interpretation had been 
sustained, nearly the whole territory of New Hampshire would have 
gone to Massachusetts. The Masonian proprietors stoutly resisted 



6 HISTORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

this oncroachment, and in the settled towns on the disputed terri- 
tory, tliere was constant trouble. Governor Bel(;her in a letter to 
the Lords of Trade in London, said: "the borderers on the lines, 
(if your Lordshii)s will allow me so vulgar an expression), live like 
toads under a harrow, being run into jails, on the one side and the 
other, as often as they please to (juarrel, such is the sad condition 
of his Majesty's subjects that live near the lines. They pull down 
one another's houses, often wound each other, and 1 fear it will end 
in bloodshed, unless his Majesty, in his goodness, gives some 
effectual order to have the bounds fixt." While this controversy 
was going on, the Massachusetts Bay government was annually 
making grants within the limits of the contested territory' until no 
less than thirty-seven townships were granted. 

Petitions for a grant from the territory on the INIerrimac known 
as Penuacook were presented to the JNFassachusetts General Court, 
as early as one thousand six hundred and fift3'-nine, and periodic- 
ally from that time to one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five. 
The petitions were mostly from Haverhill, Andover, Ipswich, 
Methuen and Salem. On the seventeenth day of January', one 
thousand seven hundred and twenty-six, the general Court decided, 
"that it will be for the interest and advantage of this Province that 
part of the lands petitioned for be assigned to the petitioners for a 
township, and to contain seven miles square." The usual condi- 
tions were inserted in the grant. The township was surveyed in 
May of this year. Meetings of the proprietors were often held, 
sometimes in Andover and sometimes in Ipswich. The proprietors 
took active measures for carrying their purpose into effect. The 
first settler, Ebenezer Eastman, was located within the plantation 
in one thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven. 

While these proprietors were thus vigorously bringing forward 
their plantation under the auspices of the government of the Massa- 
chusetts Hay, the government of New Hampshire, on IVIay twen- 
tieth, one thousand seven hundred and twenty seven, made a grant 
to Jonathan Wiggin and one hundred and six others, of a tract of 
land covering the greater part of the grant just made by Massachu- 
setts, and including also parts of the present towns of Pembroke and 
Hopkinton. The settlers of Pennacook were not at first molested 
liy the New Hampshire grantees, and the plantation grew and pros- 
pered. The first settled minister was liev. Timothy Walker of 
Woburn, who was the great grandfather of Hon. Timothy Walker, 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOBD. 7 

late of Rumford. Among the other early settlers, were Virgins, 
Elliots, Abbots, Farnums, Colbys, Martins, Hutchins, Wheelers, 
Rolfes and Halls, all of whom have decendants among the settlers 
of Rumford. In February, one thousand seven hundred and 
thirty-three, by an act of the Great and General Court of the Mass- 
achusetts Bay, the plantation of Pennacook was incorporated into 
a town by the name of Rumford. The origin of the name is in 
doubt, but it is generally supposed that the town was named for a 
place in England, from which some of the early settlers or their 
ancestors came. 

Meanwhile the contest between the two Provinces concerning the 
disputed boundary was sharply carried on, and after commissioners 
appointed for that purpose, had failed to come to a decision, the 
matter was referred directly to King George the second, whose 
royal decision promulgated on the 5th of March, 1740, was far 
better for New Hampshire than ever the Masonian proprietors 
claimed. It established a curved line, "following the course of the 
river Merrimac at the distance of three miles on the north side, be- 
ginning at the Atlantic ocean and ending at Pawtucket Falls (now 
Lowell), thence due west to His Majesty's other governments." 
This is the present line between the two States. By this decision, 
all the grants made north of this line by Massachusetts, were ren- 
dered null and void. Nearly forty towns were involved in the 
issue ; some of the grantees made terms with the Masonian proprie- 
tors, and remained upon their lands, while others abandoned them. 
The territory granted by New Hampshire in the year one thousand 
seven hundred and twenty-seven, to Wiggin and others, was nine 
miles square, and by the same authority, it was incorporated into a 
town by the name of Bow. As already stated, this grant embraced 
a large part of the town of Rumford, and soon after the boundary 
question was settled in favor of the New Hampshire claimants, 
legal steps were taken to test the rights of the rival claimants to 
the soil. A test case was inade "by the proprietors of the common 
and undivided lands lying and being in the town of Bow," in an 
action commenced November fourteenth, one thousand seven hun- 
dred and fifty, against Deacon John Merrill. Many other suits were 
afterwards instituted, but the one against Merrill involved the 
principle on which all the cases were finally adjusted. The town 
of Rumford (Concord) voted to pay the cost in this case, and to 
meet these expenses, the proprietors from time to time, ordered the 



8 HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 

sale of so much of the common aufl undivided lands as should be 
necessary for that purpose. In the autumn of one thousand seven 
hundred and fifty-three Rev. Timothy Walker sailed for England, 
and presented "to the King's most Excellent Council," a petition 
drawn up by himself in which the claims of Rumford were concisely 
set fortli. 31 r. ^Vallver went in the capacity of agent of the pro- 
prietors of the town. A grant of one hundred pounds sterling was 
made by the General Court of Massachusetts, to defray Mr. Walk- 
er's expenses. Not much was accomplished by this visit to Eng- 
land, and it became necessary for i\Ir. Walker to go again. j\Iean- 
while, the government of New Hampshire took up the (piarrel in 
behalf of Bow, and advanced one hundred pounds to defray ex- 
penses. Judgment had been rendered against the proprietors of 
Rumford in the courts of the Province, and at length, after long 
and anxious delay, December twenty-third, one thousand seven 
hundred and sixtj'-two, Mr. Walker announced from London, that 
at the Court of Saint James, before King and Council, the judg- 
ment against the proprietors of Rumford had been reversed, and 
that the appellants were restored to what they had lost by means 
of the judgments rendered against them. Yet notwithstanding this 
favorable decision, the controversy had become so complicated, and 
involved so much interest and feeling, that it was not until the year 
one thousand seven hundred and seventy two, that the difficulty was 
finally settled. The troubles of the proprietors with regard to the 
validity of their titles to their homes, were now at an end. They 
had established their right to the soil, but instead of living under 
the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, as they at first supposed was the 
case, they were declared to be in New Hampshire. On the twenty- 
fifth day of jNIay, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, an 
act was passed by the New Hampshire Legislature, "setting off a 
part of the town of Bow, together with some lands adjoining there- 
to with the inhabitants thereon," investing them with "such privi- 
ledges and inununities as towns in this Province have and do en- 
joy." To this new town was given the name of Concord, said to 
have been named in commemoration of the adjustment of their per- 
plexing and protracted difficulties. The bounds of Concord vary 
considerably from those of its predecessor, Rumford, the change 
resulting in two gores, long known as "Bow (iores," but wliich 
were final!}' annexed to Concord. As a comi)ensation for their 
trouble and great expense in settling their status in Concord, the 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. 9 

first set of proprietors petitioned the General Court for a grant of 
eastern lands, the particulars of which are set forth in their petition 
which begins the next chapter. 



CHAPTER III. 

PAPERS RELATING TO THE GRANT. PETITION OF COL. TIMOTHY 

WALKER AND ASSOCIATES. 

To His Excellency, Thos. Hutchinson, Esq., Capt. General and 
Governor of the Province of the Mass. Bay : 

To the Honorable His Majesty's Council and House of Represen- 
tatives of said Province in General Court assembled, .Jan. ye 26, 
1774. The petition of Timothy Walker .Jr., on behalf of himself 
and associates, hereby, sheweth that they and their associates in 
the year 1725 for a valuable consideration, purchased a Township 
of a little more than seven miles square, of this goverment at a 
place then called Penuicook, afterward Rumford on Merrimac 
river. That not at all doubting the authority of this government to 
make the said grant the Grantees not with standing the extreme 
difficulty and cost of effecting a settlement, so far up in the Indian 
country at that time, yet so vigorously applied themselves thereto 
that in the year 1733 consequent upon ye report of a comittee sent 
by them to view the same, the General Court of this Province de- 
clared that the Grantees had to full satisfaction fulfilled the terms 
of their grant, and incorporated them by the name of Rumford, 
that by the determination of the boundary line between this Province 
and that of New Hampshire, by his late Majesty in the year 17'40, 
the said township fell near four miles to the northward of the divid- 
ing line. That about the year 1749 a society under a grant from 
the Province of New Hampshire began to molest us in our posses- 
sions and sued us in several actions of ejectment and always re- 
covered against us in the courts of New Hampshire. In this dis- 
tressed state of our affairs we applied to the government to enable 
us to lay our case before his Majesty by way of appeal that of 
several grants from the government amounting in the whole to about 
the original purchase consideration together with simple interest for 
the same, and also by much larger sums raised amongst oui'selves 
we have been enabled to prosecute two appeals to His Majesty and 
although in each we obtained a reversal of the judgment that stood 
against us here, yet the Royal order extending in express terms no 
further than the lands sued for, the advantages fell far short of the 
expense and our adversaries went on troubling us with new suits. 
Thus exhausted and seeing no end of our troubles we have been 
reduced to the necesssity of repurchasing our township of our adver- 



10 HISTOllY OF liUMFOIW. 

saries at a rate far exceeding its value, in its nude state. That we 
have I teen at a considerable expense in taking a view of a tract of 
land on Amoroscoggin River on the easterly side of Sudbury Town- 
ship (so called) which we apprehend would answer for a Township. 
We, therefore, pray tliat your Excellency and Honors would be 
pleased so far to pity our hard case, as to make us a grant of a 
Township at said place to lie on each side of Amoroscoggin River 
of equal extent, with that formally granted us by this Province on 
such reasonal)le terms as you shall think proper, and your Petition, 
ers shall as in duty ])Ound ever pray. 

(signed) Timothy Walker, Jr. 

In behalf of himself and associates. 



THE PETITION GRANTED. 

In House of Representatives, Feb. .3, 1774. 

Mliereas, It hath been represented to this court, b}^ Timothy 
Walker Jr., in behalf of himself and associates that in the year 
1725, they purchased of this Province a Township of land of seven 
miles square which by the running of the line between this Province 
and New Hampshire in the year 1740, was cut off to that Govern- 
ment, Jty which means the Original Purchasers have been vexed 
with many expensive law-suits, and at last were obliged to purchase 
the same lands of claimers under New Hampshire, having enquired 
into the matter, this court tlntl that the facts set forth in said peti- 
tion are true. And that the cost of defending their title at the 
Court of Great Britain have exceeded the grants made to them by 
this Government, to enable them to carry on the prosecution 
there. 

Therefore, Resolved that there be granted to the original proprie- 
tors of the Township granted by this Province by the name of New 
Penn3'cook, their heirs or assigns who were sufferers by said town- 
ship falling into New Hampshire, a township of seven miles square 
to be laid out in regular form on both sides of Amoscoggin River, 
and easteily of and adjoining to Fullerstown (so-called), otherwise 
Sudbury Canada laid out to Josiah Richardson Esq. and others. 
Provided the grantees within six years, settle thirty families in said 
township, and lay out one full share to the first settled minister, one 
full share for the ministry, and one full share for the school, and 
one full share for Harvard College ; and provided the petitioners 
witiiin one 3'ear, return a plan thereof taken thereof by a surveyor 
and chainman under oath, into tlie Secretary's Otlice, to be accepted 
and confirmed bj' the General Court 

And in order that justice may l»e done to the sufferers, it is 
further 

Resolved^ That Mr. Webster and Colonel Gerrish with such as 
the Hon. Board shall join, be a Committee to repair to the said 
township of Pennycook who shall there enquire into and make out 
a list of the sufferers, and that they return a list for conllrmutiou to 



HISTOEY OF RUMFORD. 11 

the General Assembly, and that said committee give suitable notice 
of the Time of their meeting by publishing an advertisement in the 
Essex Gazette and one of the Portsmouth Newspapers, three weeks 
successively, two mouths before the time of their meeting ; that 
any person claiming right to the grant aforesaid, may appear and 
lay in their claim. 

Sent up for concurrence, 

T. Gushing, Speaker. 

In Council Feb. 3d, 1774 ; Read and concurred in, and Samuel 
Phillips, Esq., is joined in the affair. 

Jno. Cotton, Dej^t. Secretary. 
Consented to, T. Hutchinson. 



ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS OR SHARES, 

The committee appointed by the Great and General Court at 
their session in Boston, Feb., 1774, (upon the petition of T. Walker, 
Jr., and his associates) to enquire into the sufferings and make out 
and return a list of said sufferers, having notified, met and heard 
said sufferers, as directed by said Court, Report the following list 
of names to whom Rights are to be assigned, viz. : 

Timo. Walker, Jr., of Concord, N. H Three Eights. 

Geo. Abbott of Concord, N. H Two 

Thos. Stickney of Coucoi'd, N. H Three 

John Chandler of Concord, N. H Three 

Wm. Coffiu of Concord, N. H. One 

Ebenezer Hall of Concord, N. H One 

Jona. Merrill of Concord, N. H One 

Amos Abbott of Concord, N. H Two 

Edward Abbott of Concord, N. H Two 

Ephraim Farnuiu, Jr., of Concord, N. H One 

Benj. Farnum of Concord, N. H Two 

Joseph Faruura of Concord, N. H One 

Timo. Bradley of Concord, N. H One 

Rev. Timo. Walker of Concord, N. H Two 

Joseph Eastman of Concord, N. H One 

*Aaron Stephens of Concord, N H Two 

Moses Hall of Concord, N. H One 

Philip Kimball of Concord, N. H One 

Ebenez. Eastman of Concoi-d, N. H One 

David Hall of Concord, N. H One 

Philip Eastman of Concord, i*f . H Two 

James Walker of Concord, N. H One 

Chas. Walker of Concord, X. H One 

Eichard Hazeltine of Concord, N. H One 

Paul Walker of Concord, N. H One 

Jeremiah Bradle j" of Concord, IST. H One 

Hannah Osgood of Concord, N. H Two 

Asa Kimball of Concord, N. H One 

Moses Eastman of Concord, X. H One 

John Bi-adley of Concord, i^. H One 

Jona. Stickney of Concord, N. H One 

Eeuben Kimball of Concord, X. H One 

Benj . Abbott of Concord, N. H One 



12 HISTORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

Joshua Abbott of Concord, N. 11 One Right. 

Abiel (handler of Concord, N. II Five liights. 

Tiniothv Walker Tortius of Concord, N. II One " 

Nath'l Eastman of Concord, N. 11 Two " 

The Heirs of Ebcne/. Virgin of Concord, N. H Three " 

Peter Green of Concord, N. H One '' 

Ephraini Carter of Concord, N. H One " 

Heirs of Jeremiah Dresser of Concord, N. H One '" 

Nath'l Kolfe of Concord, N. H, One " 

John Chase of Concord, N. H One " 

Benj. Thompson of Concord, N. II Six " 

Taul Kolfe of Concord, N. II Five " 

Ebenez. Harden Goss of Concord, X. II Four " 

Nathan Abbott of Concord, N. H One " 

Gustavus Adoli)hus Goss of Concord, N. H One " 

Amos Eastman of Ilollis, N. H One " 

Abraham Kimball of Bi-adford One and three-(iuarters " 

Timo. Walker of Conwaj' One and three-quarters " 

Ebenez. Hall of Sanford One " 

Jeremiah lOastman of .Sanford One " 

Dr. Clias. Chauncey of Boston One " 

The Heirs of IJev. Sam. Phillips of Andover One and one-half " 

Stephen Farrington of Fryeburg, One " 

The Heirs of Abner Fowler of Coos One '' 

Elijah Durgin of Hopkinton One " 

Caleb Smart of Hopkinton One *' 

Jona. Straw of Hopkinton One " 

Ben). Gale of Haverhill One " 

Cutting Marsh of Haverhill One-(iuarter " 

Nath'f Marsh of Haverhill One-cpiarter '' 

James McHurd of Haverhill One-half " 

Ilobt. Davis of Concord, N. II Three-(iuarters " 

Anna Stevens of Concord, N. H " 

Henry Lovejoy of Ccncord, N. II One-quarter " 

Phineas Kin'iball of Concord, N. II One-fjuarter " 

Henry Kennals of Boxf ord One-tjuarter " 

Sam'l and Wm. Dana of Groton One-half " 

Dudley Coleman of Newbury One-half " 

N, B. Hon. Joseph Gerrish, Esq.. (one of said Committee) was present 
at said meeting and consented to the foregoing report. 

Haverhill, Nov. 18, 1774. 

(signed.) SAM. Piin^LiPS \ Committee. 

Jona. AN ebstkk, ) 



PETITION FOR KE-CONFIRMATION. 

To the Honorable General Court of the State of the Massachusetts 
Bay., convened at Boston, April 7, 1770. 

The Petition of Timothy Walker, Jr., on l)eh:ilf of himself and 
associates, humbly sheweth, that in February, 1774,3'our petitioners 
obtained of the (ieneral Court a grant of a township of the contents 
seven miles square on Ammenoscoggiu river, by way of compensa- 
tion for the trouble and expense they and their ancestors had been 
at in endeavoring to defend and tiually repurchasing a Township 
formerly purchased by them of this province at a place called 
Peunycook, on Merimack Kiver, on certain conditions, some of 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 13 

which were the following : that your petitioners returned into the 
Secretary's office here, a plan of the granted premises taken by a 
surveyor and chainmau under oath, within a year from the grant, 
as also a list of the suiferers who were to be benefitted thereb}', 
certified by a committee appointed by the said court, to enquire 
into and ascertain the same, which conditions your petitioners 
punctually complied with, within the limited time, but by the great 
confusion this metropolis was very soon after thrown into, the said 
papers are lost, and the surveyor who drew and returned the plan 
is dead ; whereupon your petitioners have been at the trouble and 
expense of procuring a new survey and plan of the premises which, 
together with a list of the grantees certified by a major part of the 
committee appointed to that service (who still survive). Your 
Petitioners pray you will please to accept this instead of that for- 
merly returned but lost. And whereas the term allowed for 
settlement will expire next February, and the cares and efforts of 
your petitioners have been so entirely alisorljed in the general 
Defence of the country during the present Distressing War, as to 
render them incapable of taking the least advance in towards com- 
pleting the same, the}' therefore pray that the said period may be 
extended to such future day as your honors shall please to appoint ; 
and also that you would appoint some suitable person to warn a 
meeting of said Grantees at such a place, and in such a manner as 
you may judge legal, in order to adjust accounts of past expenses, 
and to transact any matter or thing necessary to forward the settle- 
ment of the said Township, and also to order where and liow future 
meetings of the said Grantees shall be warned, and your petitioners 
shall as in duty bound, ever pray. 

Timothy AYalker, Jr. 



RE-CONFIRMATION OF THE GRANT. 

In the House of Representatives, Apr. 13, 1779. 

Upon the Petition of T. Walker Jr. in behalf of himself and 
associates, praying that this Court would accept of a second plan 
and list of sufferers instead of the first that was returned into the 
Secretary's Office agreeable to the conditions in the original grant 
of a Township of land to the said Timo. Walker Jr. and others 
upon Amoscoggin River in Feb. 1774 which plan and list of 
suft'erers are since lost ; also praying that a longer time may be 
allowed for settlement and that some suitable person ma}- be 
appointed to warn a meeting of the Grantees &c. 

Resolved, That the prayer of the Petition be granted and that 
the plan of a Township taken b}' Wm. Chamberlain's survey under 
oath bounded as followeth, namely, beginning at a tree upon 
Sudbury Canada line, &c., &c. 

Be and hereby is accepted in lieu of a Plan returned into the Secre- 
tary's Office by said Walker agreeable to the grant of said Town- 
ship, and it is further 



14 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Resolved^ That the said list of sufferers as agreed upon b}' Joseph 
Gerrish, Sam. Phillips and Jona. Webster, Esqs., the committee 
appointed by the General Court Feb. 1774, to encpiire into the 
sufferings of Pennacook Grantees and make out and return a list of 
such sufferers, Be and hereby is accepted instead of the first list 
returned into the Secretary's OtHce and since lost. And l)e it 
further resolved that the time limited to said Grantees for settling 
thirty families within said Township, be extended to the term of \\\Q 
5'ears longer. And it is further resolved that the Rev. Timo. Walker 
be and hereby is empowered and directed to call a meeting of said 
Proprietors to be held in the town of Haverhill in the County of 
Essex, at such time as he shall think proper for publishing the 
same with the business with which tfiey are to meet in AVillis' 
newspaper three weeks, successively ending at least one week 
before said meeting and posting the same at the several public 
houses or taverns in the town of Concord, in the state of New 
Hampshire, one month before said meeting. Also when met to 
agree upon and determine the manner of warning and place of 
holding future meetings in any town within this State, or if more 
convenient in any town within the State of New Hampshire. 

Sent up for concurrence, 

John Pickering, Sj^eaker. 

In Council, April 13, 1779. Read and concurred, 

John Avery, D. Sec'y. 

Consented to, 

(signed) 



Jek. Powell, 


W 


. Sever, 


A. 


Ward, 


T. 


CUSIIING, 


B. 


White, 


B. 


Austin, 


Timo. Dexnison, 


J. 


Stone, 


H. 


Gardner, 


Jn 


o. Pitts, 


0. 


Wendall, 


Sa 


SI. Niles, 


E. 


Brooks, 


N. 


CusiiiNG, 


A. 


( ?) Fuller. 



CHAPTER IV. 

THE PROPRIETARY. CALL FOR THE FIRST MEETING. 

Whereas, The Honorable General Court of the State of Massa- 
chusetts Bay, has authorized the subscriber to warn a meeting of 
the Proprietors of a new Township on Amoscoggin River, granted 
by a former General Court of the said (then) Province, to Timothy 
Walker, Jr. and Associates by way of compensation for the loss of 
Pennycook ; said Proprietors are hereby notified and warned to 
assemble and meet at the Dwelling House of Capt. Daniel Bradley 
in Haverhill, on the last Wednesday in May next, at three o'clock 
in the afternoon, for the following purposes, viz : 

To choose a Moderator and Clerk. 

Also to determine whether they will order a division of any part 
or the whole of said Township into severalty, and if so. 

To choose and instruct a committee chosen for that service how, 
and how far to proceed. 

Also to conclude what shall be done with respect to clearing 
roads, either in said township or from it to any other place they 
shall judge proper. 

Also to see if the proprietors will build a mill or mills in their 
township, and if so. 

To choose a committee to agree with some suitable person to un- 
dertake the same, and for encouragement, to give them such a sum 
of money or grant of land as they shall think reasonable ; also. 

To direct the manner of warning and place of holding future meet- 
ings of said Proprietors ; also, 

To raise such a sum of money as they shall think necessaiy ; also, 

To choose a collector to gather in the same ; and finally. 

To choose a committee to adjust all accounts of said Proprietary, 
with orders to receive from the collector sufficient money to enable 
them to pay the just debts of the Proprietary' ; and also. 

To carry into execution whatever may be resolved upon, with 
respect to the above mentioned articles. 

Boston, April 14, 1779. Timothy Walker. 

THE FIRST MEETING. 

Essex ss. State of Massachusetts Bay. 

At a legal meeting of the Proprietors of a New Township on 
Ammoscoggin River, granted to Timothy Walker, Jr., and Associ- 
ates, by the Great and General Court of the State of Massachusetts 



16 HISTORY OF nUMFORD. 

Bay, held at the house of Capt, Daniel Bradley, innholder in Haver- 
hill in said County, May 26, 1779, voted. 

That IJeut. Timothy Bradley be Moderator. 

That Timothy Walker, Jr., be Clerk. 

That there be laid out to each right, one hundred acres of land. 

That there be a road cleared through said township. 

That forty-live pounds lawful money be raised upon each right to 
defray the exi)enses of said Proprietary. 

That Mr. David Hall, Colonel Thomas Stickney and Capt. Reuben 
Kinil)all l)e assessors to assess the above tax of forty-five pounds 
upon each right. 

That Timothy Walker, Jr., Es(i., be collector to collect the above 
tax. 

That this meeting be adjourned to the first Wednesday in August 
next, then to meet at the dwelling house of Capt. Aaron Kinsman, 
in Concord in the State of New Hampshire, at one o'clock in the 
afternoon. 

A true cop3^ of the proceedings of the above meeting. 

Attest : Timothy Walker, Jr. , 

Proprietor' Clerk. 



OTHER MEETINGS. 

August 4, 1779. Met according to adjournment, and the Moder- 
ator being present declared the meeting to be open. Voted, 

That a committee be appointed to repair to the township latel}' 
granted to Timothy Walker, Jr. and associates, and make a division 
of one hundred acres of land to each full right, and that Colonel 
Thomas Stickney, Ensign Jonathan Eastman and Ebenezer Harn- 
den Goss, P2sq., P^phraim Colby and Amos Abbot, Jr., be said com- 
mittee. 

That each of the above commtttee have for their service, six 
shillings per day, making the money as good as it was in April, 
1770, during the time the}' shall be employed in the service of the 
Proprietary. 

That the clerk be desired to purchase a book for the use of said 
Proprietary. 

That fifteen pounds lawful money be assessed upon each right, in 
addition to the forty-five pounds raised in May last, and that Col. 
Thomas Stickney, Mr. David Hall, and Capt. Keuben Kimball be 
assessors to assess the above sum, and that Timothy Walker, Jr., 
Esq., be a collector to collect said sum of fifteen |)Ounds ; and that 
the tax for both the said sums of forty-five pounds and fifteen 
pounds, be made by the assessors in one list. 

That the committee appointed to make the above division of land, 
be directed to employ suitable i)ersons, if they think proper, to cut 
and clear a road i)assa])le for horses through tiie above town, and 
down Amoscoggin River to a place called Bog Brook. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 17 

That Captain Reuben Kimball, Lieut. John Chandler and Mr. 
David Hall be a committee chosen, appointed and fully empowered 
to examine all charges that have arisen and that shall hereafter 
arise in bringing forward the settlement of said Township, and to 
allow as in their judgment shall be just and equal, and also to draw 
money out of the Treasury for defraying said charges. 

That the clerk be directed and fully empowered, upon the request 
of one-sixteenth of the owners of said township, to call future meet- 
ings of said proprietors, by advertising the same in one of the Bos- 
ton newspapers. 

That this meeting be adjourned to the first Wednesday in Decem- 
ber next, then to meet at the house of Capt. Aaron Kinsman, inn- 
holder in Concord, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there 
to receive the report of the Committee appointed to make a division 
of land in said township, and if said committee shall have completed 
said division, for the proprietors to draw their respective lots. 

Wednesda}', Dec. 1, 1779. The meeting met and adjourned to 
Dec. 3d. 

Dec. 3, 1779. The moderator being present, declared the meet- 
ing to be open. Voted, 

That Mr. Jonathan Kies be allowed to pitch four interval lots and 
the four upland lots which are joined with them. 

That the committee on claims be directed to allow thirty for one, 
in order to make the money good. 

That Ebenezer Harnden Goss, Esq., be allowed to pitch one in- 
terval lot and the upland lot which is joined with it. 

That fifteen pounds be raised upon each full right. 

That the same assessors be appointed to assess and the same 
collector to collect that were appointed to assess and collect the 
last rate. 

That the return and plan of the committee appointed to lay out a 
division of one hundred acres of land to each right I)e accepted, and 
that a highway be reserved four rods broad through each of the up- 
land lots, and that a highway two rods bi'oad be reserved through 
the interval lots, as shall best accommodate the public." 

The report of the committee stated first, that they had laid out 
twenty-seven interval lots on the westerly side of Ellis River, lot 
number one beginning at a maple tree on the bank of the river, 
where the town line crossed it, and farther described by metes and 
bounds. Upon this lot other lots were run out and numbered 
accordingly. They then run out and numbered eleven interval lots 
on the easterly side of P^llis River. Forty lots were then run out 
and described on the south side of the Great River, the first begin- 
ning at a maple tree on the bank of the river whei-e the town line 
crosses it, and next twenty-seven interval lots were run out, on the 
north side of the Great River. 



18 HISrOIiY OF liUMFORD. 

Eighteen uplaiul or house lots were then laid out on the westerly 
side of Ellis River, tweuty-seven ou the east side, thirty-five on the 
north side of the Great River, and thirty-one on the south side. 
The report was signed by Thomas Stickney, Jonathan P^astman, 
Ephraim Colby and Ebenezer H. Goss. 



l)RAM'TN(i OF THE LOTS. 

The drawing of the lots in accordance witli the survey and plan 
just accepted, was next in order, and resulted as follows : 

George Abbot, hiterval lot No. 17 and house lot No. 10, South of Great 
Eiver. 

George Abbott, interval lot No. 18 and house lot No. 24. North of Great 
River. 

Amos Abbot, interval lot No. 27, West side Ellis River; bouse lot No. 
18, East side Ellis Kiver. 

Auios Abbot, interval lot No. 10, West side Ellis Kiver ; house lot No. 
15, East side Ellis IJiver. 

Edward Abbot, interval lot No. 6 and house lot No. 5, North of Great 
Jliver. 

Edward Abbot, interval lot No. 1 and house lot No. 1, East side Ellis 
Kiver. 

Benj. Abbot, interval lot No. 4 and house lot No. 4, North side Great 
liiver. 

Joshua Abbot, interval lot No. 9 and house lot No. 0, North side Great 
River. 

Nathaniel Abbot, interval lot No. 19 and house lot No. 20, North side 
Great IMvcr. 

Timothy Bradley, interval lot No. 7 and house lot No. 8, East side Ellis 
River. 

Jeremiah Bradley, interval lot No. 27 and house lot No. 22, South side 
Great River. 

John Bradley, interval lot No. 11 and house lot No. 20, East side Ellis 
River. 

William Coffin, interval lot No. 7 and house lot No. 7, West of Ellis 
River. 

Lt. John Chandler, iutei-val lot No. 21 and house lot No. 23, North of 
Great River. 

Lt. .John Chandler, interval lot No. 19 and house lot No. 11, South of 
Great River. 

Capt. .John Cliandler, interval lot No. 4 and house lot No. 4, West of 
EUis inver. 

Capt. Abiel Chandler, interval lot No. 34 and house lot No. 32, South of 
Great River. 

Capt. Abiel Chandler, interval lot No. 27 and house lot No. ."Jl. North of 
Great River. 

Caiit. Abial Chandler, interval lot No. 11 and house lot No. 11, Nortli of 
Great River. 

("apt. Abial (handler, interval lot No. 20 and house lot No. 18, West of 
Ellis River. 

Capt. Abial (handler, interval lot No. 20 and bouse lot No. 14, ^^■est of 
EUis River. 

Ephraitn Carter, interval lot No. ir> and house lot No. 11, West of ?:ili.s 
River. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 19 

John Chase, interval lot No. 14, West of Ellis River, and house lot Xo. 
11, East of Ellis River. 

Dr. Chas. Chauncey, interval lot No, 24 and house lot No. 28, North of 
Great River. 

Jeremiah Dresser's Heirs, interval lot No. 1 and house lot No. 18, South 
of Great River. 

Elijah Durgin, interval lot No. 22 and house lot No. 13, South of Great 
River. 

Joseph Eastman, interval lot No. 5 and house lot No. 5, East of Elhs 
River. 

Ebenezer Eastman, interval lot No. 7 and house lot No. 7, North of 
Great River. 

Philip Eastman, interval lot No. 2, South of Great River, and house lot 
No. 20, East of Ellis River. 

Philip Eastman, interval lot No. 2.5 and house lot No. 15, South of Great 
River. 

Moses Eastman, interval lot No. 30 and house lot No. 2,5, South of Great 
River. 

Nathaniel Eastman, interval lot No. 15 and house lot No. 19, North of 
Great River. 

Nathaniel Eastman, interval lot No. 33 and house lot No. 31, South of 
C-T rp 1 1^ W 1 vf* 1' 

Amos Eastman, interval lot No. 23, West of Ellis River, and house lot 
No. 12, East of Ellis River. 

Jeremiah Eastman, interval lot No. 15, South of Great River, and house 
lot No. 10, North of Great River. 

Ephraim Farnum, interval lot No. 18 and house lot No. 13, West of Ellis 
River. 

Benj. Farnum, interval lot No. 10 and house lot No. 5, South of Great 
River. 

Benj. Farnum, interval lot No. 39 and house lot No. 29, South of Great 
River. 

Joseph Farnum, interval lot No. 12 and house lot No. 12, North of Great 
River. 

Stephen Farrington, interval lot No. 6 and house lot No. 2, South of 
Great River. 

Abner Fowler Heirs, interval lot No. 9, West of Ellis River, and house 
lot No. 3. East of Ellis River. 

Peter Green, interval lot No. 5 and house lot No. 6, North of Gi-eat 
River. 

Ebenezer H. Goss, interval lot No. 25 and house lot No. 30, North of 
Great River. 

Ebenezer H. Goss, interval lot No. 14 and house lot No. 9, South of 
Great River. 

Ebenezer II. Goss, interval lot No. 5 and house lot No. 5, West of Ellis 
River. 

Gustavus A. Goss, interval lot No. 7 and house lot No. 3, South of Great 
River. 
Benj. Gale, interval lot No. 3 and house lot No. 4, East of Ellis River. 
Ebenezer Hall, interval lot No. 38 and house lot No. 30, South of Great 
River. 

Moses Hall, interval lot No. 20 and house lot No. 12, South of Great 
River. 

David Hall, interval lot No. IG and house lot No. 20, North of Great 
River. 

Richard Hazletine, interval lot No. 23 and house lot No. 17, South of 
GrGtit likivGr* 

Ebenezer Hall, Jr., interval lot No. 21 and house lot No. 21, South of 
Great River. 

Philip Kimball, interval lot No. 24 and house lot No. 17, West of Ellis 
River. 



20 HISTOIiY OF JtUMFOnD. 

Reuben Kimball, interval lot No. 9 and house lot No. 13, East of Ellis 
River. 

Asa Kimball, interval lot No. 11 anil house lot No. G, South of Great 
River. 

Abraham Kimball, interval lot No. 8.5 and house lot No. 34, South of 
Great liiver. 

Jonathan Merrill, interval lot No. 3G and house lot No. 35, South of 
Great Kiver. 

Hannah (J>j;ood, interval lot No. 19, West of Ellis River, and house lot 
No. IS. Nortli of Great River. 

Hannah Osf^ood. interval lot No. 20 and house lot No. 22, North of 
Great IJiver. 

l{('v. Sam'l Phillips' Heirs, interval lot No. 23 and house lot No. 27, 
North of (Jreat ]?iver. 

Nathaniel llolfe, interval lot No. 2 and house lot No. 2, North of Great 
River. 

Paul Rolfe, interval lot No. 22 and house lot No. 25, North of Great 
River. 

Paul Kolfe, interval lot No. 37 and house lot No. 33, South of Great 
River. 

Paul Rolfe. interval lot No. 2 and house lot No. 2, East of Ellis River. 

Paul Rolfe, interval lot No. 10 and house lot No. 9, West of Ellis River. 

Paul Rolfe, interval lot No. 12 and house lot No. 7, South of Great 
River. 

Thomas Stickney, interval lot No. 40 and house lot No. 28, South of 
Great River. 

Thomas Stickney, interval lot No. 6 and house lot No. 6, East of Ellis 
River. 

Thomas Stickney, interval lot No. 17 and house lot No. 22, North of 
Great Kiver. 

Aaron Stevens, interval lot No. 32 and house lot No. 27, South of Great 
River. 

Aaron Stevens, interval lot No. 3 and house lot No. 3, North of Great 
River. 

Jonathan Stickney, interval lot No. 2 and house lot No. 2, West of Ellis 
River. 

Caleb Smart, interval lot Xo. 31 and house lot No. 20, South of Great 
River. 

Jonathan Straw, interval lot No. and house lot No. 0, West of Ellis 
River. 

Benj. Thompson, Esq., interval lot No. 10 and house lot No. 14, East of 
ElHs kiver. 

Benj. Thompson, Esq., interval lot No. 18 and house lot No. 20, South 
of Great lliver. 

Benj Tlioinpson, Esq., interval lot No. 26 and house lot No. 29, North 
of Great Hiver. 

Benj. Tliompson. Esq., interval lot No. 26 and house lot No. 14, South 
of (in-at iiiv<M-. 

Benj. 'i'hompson, Esq., interval lot No. 22 and house lot No. 16, West of 
Ellis kiver. 

Beiijaiiiin Thompson, Esq., interval lot No. 4, South of Great Kiver, and 
house lot Xo. 13, North of Great River. 

Ehenczer Virjxin Heirs, interval lot N^o. 24 and house lot No. 18. Soutl) 
of Great IJiver. 

Ehenezer Vir<;in Heirs, interval lot No. 3, South side Great IMver. and 
hou«e lot Xo. 1<), East of Ellis Kiver. 

]?ev. TiuKtthy Walker, interval lot No. 1 and house lot X'o. 1, North of 
Great Kiver. 

Kev. 'i imothy Walker, interval lot Xo. H and house lot Xo. S, \Ve>t of 
Ellis Kiver. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 21 

Capt. Timothy Walker, interval lot No, 8 aud house lot No. 9, East of 
Ellis River. 

Timothy Walker, Jr., interval lot No. 5 and house lot No. 1, South side 
of Great River. 

Timothy Walker, Jr., interval lot No. 11, West of Ellis River, and house 
lot No. 7, East of Ellis River. 

Timothy Walker, Jr., interval lot No. 28, and house lot No. 23, South of 
Great River. 

James Walker, interval lot No. 12, West of Ellis River, and house lot 
No. 10, East side of Ellis River. 

Charles Walker, interval lot No. 21 and house lot No. 1.5, West of Ellis 
River. 

Paul Walker, interval lot No. 9 and house lot No. 19, South of Great 
River. 

Timothy Walker, 3d, interval lot No. 17 and house lot No. 12, West of 
Ellis River. 

Capt. 'Jlmoth}^ Walker, et als., interval lot No. 1 and house lot No. 1, 
West of Ellis River. Three-fourths of the above right to Walker, and one- 
fourth to Rev. Samuel Phillips'' Heirs. 

Abraham Kimball, et als.. interval lot No. 13 and house lot No. 10, West 
of Ellis River. Three-fourths to Kimball, one-fourth to Phillips" Heirs. 

James McHurd, et als., interval lot No. 8 and house lot No. 4, South of 
Great River. McIIurd one-half, Nathaniel Nash one-fourth and Cutting 
Marsh one-fourth. 

Robt. Davis, et als., interval lot No. 16, South of Great River, and house 
lot No. 17, North of Great River. Davis three-fourths, and Anna Stevens 
one-fourth. 

Henry Lovejoy, et als.. intei'val lot No. 29 and house lot No. 24, South 
of Gi'eat River. Lovejoy one-fourth, Phineas Kimball one-fourth, Samuel 
Runnels one-half. 

Sam"] and Wm. Dana and Dudley Colman, interval lot No. 3 and house 
lot No. 3, West of Ellis River. Danas one-hulf, and Coleman one-half. 

Minister, interval lot No. 13 and house lot No. 14, North of Great River. 

Parsonage, interval lot No. 14 and house lot No. 1.5, North of Gieat 
River. 

College, interval lot No. 25, West of Ellis River, and house lot No. 16, 
East of Ellis River. 

School, interval lot No. 10 and house lot No. 10, North of Great River. 



At an adjourned meeting Feb. 2, 1780, it was voted that one 
hundred dollars be raised upon each full right to defray the charges 
of the Proprietary. 

A committee was chosen, consisting of Timothy Walker, -Jr., 
Thomas Sticknej'^ aud David Hall, to make sale of delinquent pro- 
prietors who had not paid their assessments. 

At an adjourned meeting April 3, 1780, John Chandler, Thomas 
Stickuey and Timothy "Walker were made a committee to confer 
with person or persons with regard to building a saw aud grist mill 
in the New Township, and report at the next meeting. 

At an adjourned meeting July 3, 1780, Mr. John Stevens was 
added to the committee on mills. 

At an adjourned meeting August 28, 1780, John Stevens was 



22 HISTOEY OF JtUMFORD. 

chosen chairman, in place of Thomas Stickney, who asked to be 
excused from serving. It was voted "that five Spanish milled dol- 
lars be raised upon each full right, to defray the expense of laying 
out and clearing roads in said Township now called New Penny- 
cook.* Jonathan Eastman, Ebenezer IT. Goss and Ephraini Colby 
were made a committee to lay out and clear the roads, and that 
each be paid one Spanish milled dollar per day." 

At an adjourned meeting Sept. -S, 1780, it was voted to give 
Lieut. John Chandler four hundred hard dollars and one hundred 
acres of land, provided he, within fifteen months, build and keep in 
good repair forever, one good saw mill and one good grist mill upon 
Concord Kiver (so called), in said township of New Pennacook, and 
that four hard dollars be raised upon each full right to defray the 
expense of building mills above mentioned. Timothy Walker, Jr., 
Ebenezer H. Goss and John Stevens were made a committee to 
look after the building of the mills. 

At an adjourned meeting Dec. 4, 1780, Capt. Joel Dodge was 
given leave to "pitch" one hundred acres in the common land in 
New Pennacook, provided he settle upon the premises within one 
year. 

At an adjourned meeting Aug. 6, 1781, it was voted that a cart 
road be cleared up Ellis River on the west side "as far as David 
Sessions' house lot." Ebenezer H. Goss, John Chandler, Phineas 
Kimball and David Sessions were made a committee for clearing 
out the road. At this meeting, Jonathan Keyes, Phineas Kimball 
and David Sessions! were chosen a committee, in behalf of the 
Proprietary, to prosecute any person or persons who should trespass 
upon the common lands in said township. 

After this meeting, the proprietors met several times and ad- 
journed without transacting any business, probably due to the fact 
that the handful of settlers in New Pennacook had lieen frightened 
away by the Indian raid into IJethel, and did not return until the 
war of the Revolution was practically closed and all ilanger from 
hostile Indians had passed. 

At an adjourned meeting holden January 6, 1783, measures were 
taken to collect taxes of delincpients, by advertising the same, and 
selling all lots upon which taxes should not be i)aid within a speci- 
fied tune. 



♦ This is the (Irst apix-araiice of tills tiiiine for the "Now Town." 

t ThcHt' men were id-esunialilv rt'snU-nts of the townslii)), l>ut three flays before this 
vote viA» pasKed, the liostlle Imlhtiic; had raided Jk-thel, and tlie New Peunacook settlers 
had lied to New Gloucester. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 23 

At a meeting May 19, 1783, Timothy Walker, John Stevens and 
Jonathan Eastman were made a committee to try and induce per- 
sons to settle in New Pennacook. At a meeting July 28 following, 
Mr. John Stevens was requested to petition the General Court for 
an extension of time for the settlement of thirty families within their 
township. It was also voted that John Stevens, Jonathan Eastman 
and Phineas Kimball be a committee to proceed to New Pennacook 
and lay out one hundi'ed and thirty-four lots of one hundred acres 
each, "as soon as may be," and five shillings per day were voted as 
the compensation of each. It was "voted that provided thirty per- 
sons shall appear to make actual settlement upon said township of 
New Pennacook in one year, each of them shall be allowed to pitch 
one lot out of the division now ordered to be laid out." 

At a meeting December 1, 1783, it was voted that sixteen shill- 
ings be raised upon each right. Jonathan Keyes was allowed three 
pounds and four shillings for extra services. 

The next meeting at which any business was performed was 
holden May 17, 1784. It was then voted that the following persons 
be allowed to pitch each a one hundred acre lot gratis, and a one 
hundred acre lot for a second division upon their respective rights, 
thej^ and each of them clearing and sowing to grain five acres of 
land this year, in said township, and making actual settlement upon 
the premises within one year from the date last mentioned, viz : 

That Jacob Eastman have for settlement the one hundred acre 
lot number eighty-two, north of Great River, and also that he be 
allowed to pitch the hundred acre lot number one hundred and four 
on the west side of Ellis River, for a second division, on the right 
of Nathaniel Eastman. 

That Ebenezer H. Goss, Esq., have for settlement the hundred 
acre lot number two on the north side of the Great River, and to 
pitch the hundred acre lot number three on the north side of Great 
River, for a second division on the original right of Charles Chaun- 
cey. 

That Philip Abbot have for settlement the one hundred acre lot 
number seven, north of Great River, and be allowed to pitch the 
one hundi'ed acre lot number eight, on the north side of Great River, 
for a second division, on the right of Ebenezer Hall, Senior. 

That Lieut. John Chandler have for settlement the hundred acre 
lot mmiber eighty-three on the north side of the Great River, and 
be allowed to pitch number sixty-four on the same side of said river, 
for a second clivlsion, to the right of Capt. John Chandler. 

That Daniel Stickne^' have for settlement number seventeen north 



24 HISTOBY OF nUMFORD. 

of Great Rivci-, and be allowed to pitch number eighteen on the 
same side of said river, for a second division of the right of Jona- 
than Stickney. 



At a meeting August 2, 1784, it was voted that James Scales, 
James Scales, Jr., and Oliver Scales, be allowed to pitch respect- 
ively, lots ninety-two, ninety-three and ninety-eight, on the north 
side of the Great River, provided they make actual settlement in 
New Pennacook within one year. Jonathan Eastman and Phineas 
Kimball were made a committee to make necessary roads to accom- 
modate the settlers in New Pennacook. It was also voted that land 
of delinquents be advertised for sale, as soon as possible, in some 
one of the Boston papers. 

A meeting was held at the inn of P>enj. Honnaford in Concord, 
January 1, 17«5, at which the committee on roads in New Penna- 
cook presented their accounts, amounting to fifty-eight pounds and 
nine shillings, which were allowed. 

At an adjourned meeting May IG, Mr. John Stevens was ap- 
pointed a committee to petition the General Court for another ex- 
tension of time. 

At an adjourned meeting August 0, 1785, ;i tax of six shillings 
per right, was levied. At the same meeting, Benjamin Faruum and 
Philip Aljbot were appointed a committee on roads in New Penna- 
cook. At a meeting August 22, Mr. Stevens reported that the pro- 
prietors had been granted an extension of two years in which to 
comply with the terms of their grant. 

A meeting was held January 2, 1786, at which a committee on 
new settlers was appointed, and authorized to pay six pounds to 
each actual settler in New Pennacook, in one year. Eight dollars 
were assessed upon each right. 

At a meeting in April, the Clerk was directed to procure a plan 
of New Pennacook, as soon as possible. 

No further business was transacted by the Proprietary until Jan- 
uary 1, 1787, when the committee appointed in 1783, to lay out one 
hundred and thirty-four lots of one hundred acres each in New 
Pennacook, made a return of their survey, which was accepted, and 
the clei'k directed to record the same. The return showed a survey 
of one hundred and four lots, with a reservation of a four rod road 
through each lot. 

At a meeting May 15, 1787, a committee was chosen to inspect 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 25 

the mills in New Pennacook, consisting of Eleazer Twitchell,* 
Francis Keyes and Philip Abbot. Jonathan Keyes, the first settler 
in the township, died Nov. 9, 1786, and at this meeting his widow, 
Sarah Keyes, was permitted to pitch a one hundred acre lot as a 
settler. 

At a meeting July 30, 1787, Stephen Farnum and Philip Abbot 
were chosen a committee to clear a horse road from the lower end 
of New Pennacook to Butterfieldf (so called). 

At a meeting Dec. 26, 1787, John York J and Jesse Dustou \ were 
added to the committee to inspect the mills. 

No further business was transacted until a meeting held February 
23, 1789, when Stephen Farnum, Philip Abbot and Francis Keyes 
were instructed to clear out a road from the mouth of Ellis River to 
New Audover (so called). The committee to inspect the mills 
submitted the following report : 

"New Pennacook, Oct. 4, 1788. 

We, the subscribers, being chosen as a committee by the proprie- 
tors of said New Pennacook, for to view Lieut. Chandler's mills in 
said New Pennacook, and do rej)ort, and our report is the said mills 
are finished and are fit for the Proprietors' use." 

John York, 

Philip Abbot, 

Francis Keyes, )■ Committee. 

Jesse Duston, 

Eleazer Twitchell, 



At a meeting Feb. 15, 1790, the road to New Andover not having 
been built, a new committee was appointed to build a road "from 
the river Amoscoggin to New Andover," consisting of Stephen Far- 
num, Philip Abbot and Francis Kej^es. At the same meeting, 
Philip Abbot and Francis Keyes were chosen a committee to make 
and present a list of those who had completed a settlement in the 
township, also to report the number of the hundred acre lots they 
had pitched upon. At an adjourned meeting January 17, 1791, 
Henry Rolfe was added to the committee. This committee did not 
report until March 10, 1792, when they submitted the following : 



* He was of Sudbury Canada (Bethel) . 

t Sumuer and Hartford were once called Butterfield. 

X Both Sudbury Canada men. 



26 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 



North Side of the River. 



Phifip Abbot No. 

Jacob Abbot " 

Jacob Eastnuui " 

Osgood Eaton "' 

Jacob Farnuin "^ 

Samuel Goodwin " 

Robert Hinkson " 

James Harper '' 

Sarah Keyes " 

Francis Kej^es " 

Nathaniel Knight " 



7 : Moses Kimball No. 3 

73 . Stephen Putnam " 22 

82 Henry Rolfe " 2 

18 Josiah Segar " 84 

4 j .John Stevens '' 72 

17 [ John Stevens " 77 

07 I John Stevens " 92 

98 John Stevens " 97 

90 Daniel Knight '• 20 

78 James McAllister " 64 

21 



South Side of the River. 



David Abbot No. 20 

Benj. Elliot •' ;"> 

Benj. Farnum " 11 

David Farnum " 10 



Edmund Page No. 22 

Joel Stone " 1 

Moses Stone " 2 

Benj. Sweat, Jr "■ 4 



The report was accepted, with the exception of James McAllister 
and Daniel Knight, who were rejected as actual settlers. 

The committee on location of lots having previously made a re- 
turn of their survey comprising one hundred and four lots each of 
one hundred acres, it was voted at this meeting to draw these lots, 
which resulted as follows : 



George Abbot No. 3, North of Great River. 

George Abbot '' .58, " " 

Amos Abbot " 56, " " 

Amos Abbot " 49, '' " 

Edward Abbot " 68, " " 

Edward Abbot "29, " " 

Benj. Abbot " 40, " " 

Joshua Ab})ot " 14, '• " 

Nathaniel Abbot '' 76, " " 

'IMmothy Bradley " 12, South of Great River. 

Jeremiah Bradley " 8, '' " 

Jtthn Biadlev " 11, North of Great River. 

William Coftin ''101, " " 

John f handler •' 2(i, South of Great River. 

John (handler " "HI, North of Groat River. 

.John (liandler " 20, South of Great Hiver. 

Abial (handler " 19, North of Great River. 

AbiaUhandlcr " 6"). '' •' 

Abial (handler •' 87, '• "' 

Abial (handler " 85, " 

Abial Chandler " 80, •' " 

Ephraim Carter *' 70, " "• 

John Chase '> 71, " 

Charles Cliauncey '' 62, '• "• 

Jeremiah Dresser '• .54, " " 

Elijah Durgin " 88, 



HISTOBY OF EUMFORD. 



27 



Joseph Eastman No. 55, North of Great River. 

Ebenezer Eastman " 23, " " 

Philip Eastman " 34, " " 

Philip Eastman " 79, " " 

Moses Eastman " 13, '' " 

Nathaniel Eastman " 10, " '■^ 

Nathaniel Eastman " 104, North side of Great River. 

Amos Eastman " 57, " " 

Jeremiah Eastman " 29, " " 

Ephraim Farnum " 103, '• " 

Benj. Farnum " 13, " " 

Benj. Farnum '•'• 0, South side of Great River. 

Joseph Farnum "22, " " 

Stephen Farrington " 52, North side of Great River. 

Abner Fowler " 46, " "• 

Peter Green " 16, South side of Great River. 

Ebenezer H. Goss " 41, North side of Great River. 

Ebenezer H. Goss " 24, " " 

Ebenezer H. Goss " 14, " " 

Ebenezer H. Goss " 94, "■ " 

Ebenezer H. Goss " 13, " " 

Benj. Gale " 27, South side of Great River. 

Ebenezer Hall " 8, North side of Great River. 

Moses Hall " 15, "• " 

David Hall " 25, " " 

Richard Hazeltine " 96, "' " 

Ebenezer Hall, Jr " 43, " " 

Philip Kimball " 42, " " 

Reuben Kimball " 6, "■ " 

Asa Kimball " 75, '•'• " 

Abraham Kimball " 30, South side of Great River. 

Jonathan Merrill " 16, North side of Great River. 

Hannah Osgood " 9, " " 

Samuel Phillips " 60, "' " 

Nathaniel Rolfe " 32, " " 

Paul Rolfe '•'• 61, "' " 

Paul Rolfe " 48, " " 

Paul Rolfe " 63, " " 

Paul Rolfe " 19, South side of Great River. 

Paul Rolfe " 33, North side of Great River. 

Thomas Stickney " 12, " " 

Thomas Stickney " 25, South side of Great River. 

Thomas Stickney " 1, North side of Great River. 

Aaron Stevens " 30, •' " 

Aaron Stevens '• 51, >■' '» 

Jonathan Stickney " 7, South side of Great River. 

Caleb Smart " 74, North side of Great River. 

Johathan Straw " 89, " " 

Benj. Thompson " 17, South side of Great River. 

Benj. Thom])Son " 59, North side of Great River. 

Benj. Tliompson '• 28, South side of Great River. 

Benj. Thompson " 9, " " 

Benj. Thompson " 18, '" " 

Benj. Thompson " 15, " " 

Ebenezer Virgin " 95, " <•<• 

Ebenezer Virgin " 27, " " 

Ebenezer Virgin " 26, " " 

Timothy Walker .. " 44, " " 

Timothy Walker " 5, " " 

Timothy W'alker " 86, "• " 

Timothy Walker •' 81, " " 



28 HISTORY OF BUM FORD. 

Timothy Walker No. 66, South side of Great River, 

James Walker " ;^7, " " 

Charles Walker " 69, " '^ 

Timothy AValker, 3d " 28, " 

Capt. Timothy Walker " 47, " " 

Paul Walker '' 99, " '• 

Capt. Timothy Walker, et als " 100. " " 

Abraham Kiinball, et als " 102, " " 

James McIIurd, et als " 24, South side of Great River. 

Robert Davis, et als " 91, North side of Great River. 

Henrj^ Loyejoj', et als " 45, " " 

Sanri and Wm. Dana, et al "88, " " 

Minister " 3.5, " 

Ministry " 36, " " 

Seliool " 39, " " 

Harvard College " 38, " '' 



At a meetiug Jan. 7, 1793, Dea. David Hall was chosen treas- 
urer, in place of John Stevens, deceased. Henry Martin, Timothy 
Walker and Stephen Faruum were appointed a committee to settle 
all accounts with Mrs. Sarah, widow of John Stevens. 

The next meeting at which business was transacted was holden 
Jan. 27, 1794. It was then voted that fifteen pounds be expended 
on the roads in New Pennacook, the current year, and David Far- 
num, Edmund Page and Jacob Abbot were made a committee to 
expend the money. 

The next meeting of the Proprietary, and the first one held in 
New Pennacook, was held at the house of Aaron Moor, Sept. 8, 
1794. Francis Keyes was moderator. Fifteen additional pounds 
were raised to be expended on the roads, and Phillip Abbot, 
Stephen Farnum and Richard DoUoff were made a committee to 
lay out the money. 

Several adjourned meetings were then holden at the Inn of Benj. 
Hannaford in Concord, but no business transacted. 

PETITION CONCEUNING TAXES. 

This year, tlie Inhabitants of the Plantation, through a commit- 
tee, made the following statement concerning a tax that had been 
laid upon them by order of the General Court at Boston : 

To the HoiwrnhJe Senate and House of Jiejyresentatives of this 
Commonwealth ., in General Court assembled: 

The petition of the subscribers of a plantation called New Penni- 
cook, in the County of York or Cumberland, humbly shcweth : 
That whereas your honors have seen fit to lay a tax on said [)lan 



HISTORY OF RUMFOED. 29 

tation of ten pounds and odd, we as a plantation met to consult 
upon the same, but we found ourselves so few in numbers (only 
twenty-two families and eight single men, which abscond in the 
winter season), therefore we found ourselves unable to pay said 
tax. Furthermore, we labor under many difficulties : We are 
upward of seventy miles from Portland, which is our best place of 
market ; the distance is nothing compared with the roughness of 
the roads between us and the first inhabitants ; most of it is through 
State's land, exceedingly uneven and miry, through which we have 
to transport our salt and other necessaries on horseback in summer, 
and in winter to go on snow shoes and haul them by hand. We, 
having no representation, have undertaken to represent ourselves in 
some measure, and we presume if your Honors had right informa- 
tion of our small abilities, you would not think of taxing so small a 
Plantation. For we have never yet been able to advance one shil- 
ling to hire a day's preaching nor a minute's schooling for the benefit 
of our children. For the above reason and a number of others not 
named, your Petitioners Pray your Honors to exempt us from this 
tax, also fi'om further Taxes for a few years, and your Petitioners 
as in duty bound, will ever Pray. 
Newpennicook, Dec. 25th, 1794. 

(Signed) Benj. Sweet, ~\ Committee CJiosen 
Joshua Graham, > by said 

Francis Keyes. ) Plantation. 



Many meetings were held and adjourned in Concord without the 
transaction of any business. At a meeting held at the Inn of 
David George in Concord, Dec. 6, 1802, the committee to settle 
with the estate of John Stevens, late treasurer of the Proprietary, 
reported that the whole amount received by John Stevens, treasurer, 
in paper and silver money, amounted to eleven thousand, two hun- 
dred and forty pounds, which sum bad been paid out on orders on 
file, and it was voted that Mrs. Stevens be discharged from all 
liability on account of the same. 

Adjourned meetings were held from time to time at the house of 
David George in Concord until Aug. 3, 1807, but to adjourn was 
the only business transacted. This meeting was then dissolved, 
and. was the last meeting of the Proprietary held in Concord. 

On June 11, 1807, the members of the Proprietary resident in 
New Pennacook, which had now become Rumford, petitioned to 
Timothy Carter of Bethel, for a warrant for a meeting to be held at 
the dwelling house of Francis Keyes. on Monday the 31st day of 
August, following. The petition for the meeting was signed by 



30 HISTORY OF ItUMFOED. 

Francis Keyes, Beuj. Fiirmnn, David Farnum, Kimball Martin, 
Philip AbI)ot, and by Timothy aud Charles Walker by their Attor- 
ney. At this meeting Joshua Graham was chosen Moderator, and 
Francis Keyes Clerk. It was voted to make a third division of 
land in the township, and David Farnum, Francis Keyes and Philip 
Abbot were made a committee for this purpose. The same com- 
mittee were authorized to settle all outstanding accounts against the 
Proprietary. It was voted to ratify and confirm the proceedings of 
all preceding meetings. The committee were directed, in laying 
out new lots, to equalize them ])}' making some larger and others 
smaller, according to the quality of the land. 

At a meeting Sept. 1, 1808, John Thompson, Esq., and David 
Abbot were added to the committee on laying out the third division 
of lots. At a meeting Oct. 25, 1808, the Proprietary met, and 
voted to accept the plans and survey of the committee. The com- 
mittee reported that they had surveyed and lotted out all remaining 
undivided land in Rumford, except three small pieces which they 
proceeded to describe. 

It was voted that this committee pitch the four public lots in the 
third division. 

It was voted to give lot numbered one hundred and twelve to 
Timothy Walker, Esq., in consideration of losses by drawing poor 
lots in previous divisions. For the same reason, it was voted to 
give lot numbered one hundred and eleven to Lt. Joseph Walker, 
lot numbered seventy-two to Gustavus A. Goss, and parts of lots 
eighteen aud nineteen to AVilliam Simpson. A committee was 
chosen to receive proposals for five reserved lots. 

At a meeting Jan. 2, 1801), tiie committee appointed to pitch the 
four public lots in the third division of lots, reported to Harvard 
College, number forty-seven ; minister, twenty-two ; ministry, fift}' ; 
and to schools, numljer sixty-live. Certain lots were also described 
and confirmed as mill rights, being the same granted to John Chandler 
for building a saw and grist mill on Concord River. On the twenty- 
third of .lanuary, a meeting was held at the house of Simon \'irgin. 
Lot nunil)er twenty-seven of the third division was here sold at 
auction, and bid off by Simon Virgin at sixty dollars. Otiier com- 
mon lots were sold, tiie purchasers being David Farnum, Francis 
Keyes, Philip Abbot, John Thompson and Abel Wheeler. Simon 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 31 

Virgin was allowed the sum of eight dollars and sixty cents for the 
expenses of this meeting, though the items are not recorded. 

Several meetings were held in the year 1810, Mr. Joshua Felt 
serving as moderator, but no business was transacted ; the same 
was true of meetings held in 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814. Then 
occurred a hiatus of three years. 

A meeting was called at the house of Francis Keyes, Nov. 29, 
1817, by virtue of a warrant issued hy Peter C. Virgin, Esq. 
Kimball Martin was chosen moderator, and Francis Keyes clerk. 
The business transacted was unimportant, and after adjourning 
from time to time until April 24, 1819, the meetings again lapsed. 

The next meeting was held at the office of Peter C. Virgin, Jan. 
26, 1828. Daniel Martin was chosen moderator, and Francis 
Keyes clerk. Francis Keyes, Kimball Martin and Stephen G. 
Stevens were made a committee to ascertain the common and undi- 
vided lands within the town, and they were allowed to emplo}' 
one chainman and one man to spot the lines. The same committee 
was empowered to dispose of the common lands at private sale. 

At an adjourned meeting, Dec. 15, 1828, the committee on sale 
of the common lands, reported progress, and that they had sold 
several lots to parties, and at prices specified. Dec. 29, another 
meeting was held, and Peter C. Virgin was allowed ten dollars for 
granting the warrant and warning the meeting. The committee on 
sale of the common lands made a further report. 

At a meeting Dec. 14, 1829, it was voted to sell at auction all 
the remaining common lands belonging to the town. Accordingly, 
common lots numbered three, four, five and six, were duly sold, 
and bid off, the first three by Francis Keyes, and the fourth by 
Moses F. Kimball. 

From this time the organization was kept up, and meetings occa- 
sionally held at the dwelling houses of the proprietors, until the 
year 1847. Josiah Keyes was the last proprietors' clerk, and his 
last record was for an adjourned meeting, which was probablj' 
never held. 

At a meeting Sept. 2, 1833, it was voted to choose Josiah Keyes 
clerk, to finish the records of the Proprietary from minutes left by 
his late father, Francis Keyes, formerly clerk of the Proprietary, 
who died leaving the records unfinished. 



32 HISTORY OF liUJIFOED. 

The warrant for the last meeting was called on the petition of 
Timothy Walker, John Tliompson, Ilezekiah Hutchins, Jr., Daniel 
Martin and Kimball Martin, and the object as stated was to confirm 
the doings of previons meetings, and the doings of committees 
appointed at such meetings. 

The first meeting of the Proprietary was holden in Haverhill, 
May 26, 1779, and the last in Rumford, Oct. 18, 1846, the meet- 
ings covering a' period of sixty-seven yeai's. But few of the 
original proprietors settled in Rumford, and but very few of the 
early settlers were living at the time the meetings of the Proprie- 
tary closed. 



CHAPTER V. 

LAND TRANSFERS. RECORDED IN CUMBERLAND AND OXFORD COUNTY 

REGISTRY. 

JANUARY 3, 1800. Timothy Walker of Concord, to Daniel 
,j,gj,gj-5 Knight of New Pennacook, one whole right of which Eben- 
ezer Hall was the original grantee, except twenty acres already sold. 

April 15, 1792. John Chandler of Concord, to Aaron Moor of 
New Pennacook, one hundred acres with saw and grist mill thereon, 
being the same land granted him by the proprietors. 

July 12, 1779. John Chandler of Concord, to Samuel Runnels 
of Boxford, one whole right in New Pennacook, "the same inherited 
from my honored father, the original grantee." 

January 30, 1792. John Stevens of Concord, to John Stevens 
Partridge of same, first division of a right in New Pennacook, 
granted to Aaron Stevens, one hundred acres number twenty-seven, 
and interval lot number twenty-two, south of Great River. 

March 16, 1792. John Stevens of Concord, to William Manley 
of same, number seventy-seven north of Great River, one hundred 
acres. 

March 16, 1792. John Stevens of Concord, to Benjamin Lufkin 
of New Pennacook, numbers eleven and six, south side of river, 
, original grant of Asa Kimball. 

December 25, 1780. John Stevens of Concord, to Henry Martin 
of same, one whole right of land in New Pennacook. 

May 2, 1794. Thomas and Molly Capen of New Pennacook, to 
Francis Keyes of same, part of the right of Dea. George Abbot, 
number fourteen and ten, south of river. 

June 20, 1794. Francis Keyes of New Pennacook, to John Mar- 
tin of same, number seventy-eight, second division, north of ri^'er. 

October 5, 1788. John Stevens (merchant) of Concord, to Thos. 
Capen of New Pennacook, first division lots number seventeen and 
ten, original right of Dea. George Abbot. 

3 



34 HIS TOBY OF RUM FOE D. 

July 3, 1797. Sarah, relict of John Stevens, to Steplien Putnam 
of Temple, N. H., number one south of river, one hundred acres. 

Wiggin Taylor of New Pennacook, to Stephen Putnam of same, 
one whole right of land in New Pennacook, interval lot eighteen and 
upland twenty-four, drawn to right of Dea. George Abbot. 

Nathaniel Rolfe, Jr., of Concord, to Stephen Putnam of New 
Pennacook, one whole right, being the original right of Kev. Timo- 
thy Walker, numbers eight and eight, west side of EUis River. 

Sarah Stevens of Concord, to Jeremiah Pecker of same, one 
hundred acres, number seventy-two, in New Pennacook, original 
right of John Stevens. 

May 22, 1797. Same to William Virgin (joiner) of same, eighty 
acres, more or less, number twenty-one, north side of river, granted 
originally to Thomas Stickney. 

Nathan Abbot of Concord, to Jacob Abbot of same, one whole 
settler's right or share in New Pennacook, granted originally to 
Nathaniel Abbot. 

December 19, 1800. Nathan Abbot to Henry Martin, twenty 
acres lot number five, and eighty acres of same, east side of Ellis 
River, right of Jonathan Eastman. 

February 15, 1802. Nathan Abbot to Richard Dolloflf of Rum- 
ford, one hundred acres, north of river, number ninety-two. 

June 4, 1802. Same to Ebenezer Fogg of same, lot number 
twenty, east side of river, right of Philip Eastman. 

March 6, 1781. Reuben Kimball of Concord, to Samuel Runnels 
of Boxford, Mass., one whole right, of which grantor was the orig- 
inal grantee. 

Sept. 20, 1799. Moses Kimball and Phebe Kimball of New Pen- 
nacook, to William Virgin, Jr., of Concord, lot number three, north 
of river. 

October 22, 1794. Philip Abbot of New Pennacook, to Stei)hen 
Putnam of same, one half the house lot number thirty-four, south 
of the Great River. 

March 29, 1804. David Abbot of Rumford, to Cotton KUiot of 
same, number twenty in the second division. 

March 7, 1804. Nathaniel Sanborn of Rumford, to Cotton Elliot 
of same, part of lot number thiity-two, second division. 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 35 

October 17, 1793. Samuel Runnels of Boxford, Mass., to Joshua 
Graham of Concord, N. H., one whole right in New Pennacook, of 
which Sa,muel Runnels, Phineas Kimball and Henry Lovejoy were 
the original grantees, l3'iug south of the Great River. 

February 8, 1794. Beu]. Rolfe of Concord, to Stephen Putnam 
of New Pennacook, right of Paul Rolfe, south side of river. 

May 31, 1803. Benj. Rolfe of Rumford, to Phineas Wood of 
same, one whole share in the common lands, original right of Paul 
Rolfe, south side of river. 

January 3, 1777. Dr. Ebenezer H. Goss of Concord, to Jonathan 
Keyes of Shrewsbury, Mass., two whole rights in New Pennacook, 
of which he (Goss) was the original grantee. 

March 16, 1789. Ebenezer H. Goss of Concord, to Joshua 
Atherton of Amherst, Mass., two full rights in New Pennacook, the 
same drawn to Moses Eastman aud Edward Abbot. 

October 2, 1795. Same to James C. Harper of New Pennacook, 
one whole right purchased of John Stevens, lying on Ellis River. 

June 18, 1801. Jacob Farnum to Nathan Brown, both of Rum- 
ford, second division lot number four, north of river. 

May 7, 1794. Thomas Capen of New Pennacook, to Francis 
Keyes of same, numbers fourteen and ten, south of river, right of 
George Abbot. 

June 5, 1794. Francis Keyes to John Martin, number seventy- 
eight in second division, north of river. 

October 16, 1799. Ebenezer Keyes of Gardner, Mass., to 
Francis Keyes of New Pennacook, land bequeathed by their father, 
Jonathan Keyes, in severalty and undivided. 

October 26, 1799. Sarah Keyes (Tailoress) to Francis Keyes, 
number ninety, second division, north of river. 

October 26, 1799. Same to same, in consideration of love to her 
son, etc., all her personal effects, goods and chattels. 

August 6, 1786. Jonathan Eastman of Fi-yeburg, to Francis 
Keyes of New Pennacook, whole right in New Pennacook, being the 
same of which he (Eastman) was the original grantee. 

February 3, 1777. Dr. Ebenezer Harnden Goss of Concord, to 
Jonathan Keyes of Shrewsbury, Mass., two full shares or settler's 
rights in New Pennacook. 



36 HISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 

December 1, 1779. Robert Davis and widow Anna Stevens, both 
of Concord, to Jonathan Keyes of New Pennacook, one whole right 
in New Pennacook, of which "we were the original grantees." 

Danforth Keyes of Western, to Benj. Green of Marblehead, a 
right of land in New Pennacook ; "said lot was drawn in my own 
name." 

June 21, 1796. Jeremiah Richardson of Gilmanton, N. H., 
bought of Samuel Goodwin of Warner, N. H., one hundred acres 
of laud in New Pennacook, on the north side of the river that runs 
through the town. 

August 21, 1793. Edward Dow of Concord, to David Abbot of 
New Pennacook, the whole of the first division laid out to the right 
of Ebeuezer Eastman. 

September 20, 1794. Benjamin Lufkin of same, to same, the 
original right of Asa Kimball. 

April 11, 1795. Paul Rolfe of Coucord, to same, south of river, 
interval lot number twelve and house lot number seven, of which 
said Rolfe was the original grantee. 

June 11, 180G. Enoch Adams of Andover, to Moses Varnum of 
same, one-half right number one, east side of river, with rest part 
of said right. 

July 13, 1795. Paul Rolfe of Concord, to P^phraim Colby of 
same, number nineteen south of Great River, in second division. 
(Colby sold this lot to Joshua Graham, Sept. 1, 1801.) 

March 25, 1805. Joshua Felt of Rumford, to Gustavus A. Goss 
of same, ten acres of lot three, south of Great River. 

October 7, 1799. James C. Harper to Benj. Lufkin, two hun- 
dred acres in second division, numbers ninety-three and ninety- 
eight. 

March 1, 1790. Timothy Walker of Concord, to Henry Rolfe of 
same, one full right, lots numl^er twenty-five and thirty-, north of 
Great River, granted to Dr. Ebeuezer H. Goss. 

April 17, 1797. Sarah Stevens of Concord, to Abel AVheeler of 
same, the original right of Hannah Osgood, numl)er two, north side 
of Great River ; also interval lot laid out to Thomas Stickney. 

November 29, 1784. Aaron Stevens of Loudon, N. H., to John 
Stevens of Concord, two whole rights in New Pennacook. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 37 

November 16, 1780. Jonathan Eastman of Concord, to John 
Stevens of same, the original right of Benjamin Abbot. 

June 20, 1803. Sarah Stevens of Concord, to Benjamin Wood 
Stevens of same, minor, land in Rumford. 

August 23, 1806. John Virgin of Concord, to William Knowles 
of same, eighty acre lot east side of Ellis River, drawn to right of 
heirs of Ebenezer Virgin. 

August 23, 1806. William Virgin of Rumford, joiner, to John 
Whittemore of same, eighty acres north of Great River, granted to 
Thomas Stickney. 

September 19, 1804. Benj. Morse of Rumford, cordwainer, to 
John Virgin of Concord, eighty acres east of Ellis River, drawn to 
heirs of Ebenezer Virgin. 

March 11, 1807. Nathan Hunting of Rumford, to Enoch Adams 
and Abel Wheeler of same, mortgage deed of saw mill on his farm 
and one acre of land. 



CHAPTER VI. 

INCORPORATION. 

it)j|riE town of Ivumford was incorporated the one hundred and 
tweut^'-third town iu Maine, by an act of tlie General Court, 
approved February twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred. The 
petitioners refer to "many inconveniences and disadvantages," but 
they do not specify what the}- were. It will be noticed that the 
petitioners asked to have the town called China, and no reason 
appears iu the report of the committee or in the act of incorporation 
for not complying with the request. There was no town in Maine 
called by this name, until eighteen years after, so the question of 
duplication could not have been raised. But this case is not an 
isolated one. The petitioners for the incorporation of Woodstock 
asked to have it called Sparta^ and those for Newfield wanted it 
Washington, but no heed was paid to these requests and no reason 
assigned for not granting them. As the plantation name of Kum- 
ford followed that of the Indian name of the parent town, when 
New Pennacook was to be enacted into a town, it was quite natural 
that the first corporate name of old Pennacook should be selected 
for its Maine namesake. 

THE PETITION. 

To the Honourable the Senate and the Honourable the House of Rep- 
resentatives In General Court Assembled at Boston In the Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts 

The Petition of the Inhabitants of a Plantation called New Pen- 
nycook lying in the County of Cumberland Humbly Sheweth That 
said Inhabitants labour under many Inconveniences and Disadvan- 
tages for want of ln(Oii)oration Therefore we the subscril)ers being 
a committee ajjpointed to Petition your Honours for lucorjioration 
— humbly pray your honours to Incorporate said Plantation accord- 
ing to the bounds and points of conq)ass hereafter mentioned in this 
Petition — Beginning witli a Hemlock Tree stamling upon Bethel 
line then running North 18 & 1-2 Degs West crossing Amiierscogin 
River seven miles and forty rods to a Spruce Tree then turning and 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 39 

running North 71 & 1-2 Degs East seven miles and forty rods to a 
Beech Tree then turning and running 18 & 1-2 Degs East crossing 
Amherscogin River again seven miles and forty rods to a nother 
Beech Tree then turning and running South 71 & 1-2 Degs West 
seven miles and forty rods to the bounds first mentioned — The plan 
of said Plantation being drawn and sent with this Petition 

We the subscribers humlily Pray your Honours to Incorporate 
said Plantation by the name of China otherwise relieve your Peti- 
tioners as you in your wisdom shall think fit — and your humble 
Petitioners in Duty bound shall ever Pray 

(Signed) 

Francis Keyes ") Committee appointed 
Joshua Graham >- to Petition for 
Philip Abbot ) Incorjyoration 

New Penny cook Jan 22nd 1799 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 

Commomrealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord one thou- 
sand eight hundred. 

An Act to incorporate the Plantation heretofore called New Penny- 
cook, in the County of Cumberland, into a town by the name of 
Rumford. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- 
tatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the 
same, that the Plantation heretofore known by the name of New 
Pennycook, in the County of Cumberland, and as described in the 
following bounds, together with the inhabitants thereon, lie and 
hereby are incorporated into a town by the name of Rumford : 

"Beginning at a hemlock tree standing on the line of the town of 
Bethel, thence running north eighteen degrees and one-half west, 
crossing the river Ameriscoggin, seven miles and forty rods to 
a spruce tree ; thence turning and running north seventy-one and 
one-half degrees east, seven miles and forty rods to a beech tree ; 
then turning and running south eighteen and one-half degrees east, 
crossing Ameriscoggin river again, seven miles and forty rods to 
another beech tree ; then turning and running south seventy and 
one-half degrees west, seven miles and forty rods, to the bound first 
mentioned." 

And the said town is hereby vested with all the poAvers, privileges 
and immunities which other towns do or ma}' enjoy by the Constitu- 
tion of this Commonwealth. 

Section 2. And be it further enacted that Job Eastman, Esquire, 
be and hereby is authorized to issue his warrant directed to some 
suitable inhabitant of said town, requiring him to notify and warn 
the inhabitants thereof to meet at such time and place as he shall 



40 HISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. 

appoint, to choose all such officers as towns are by law required to 
choose, in the mouth of March or April, annually. 



In the House of Representatives, Feb. 18, 1800. 
This bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. 

Ed. H. Robbins, Speaker. 

In Senate, Feb. 21, 1800. 
This bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. 

Samuel Phillips, President. 

Feb. 21, 1800. By the Lieut. -Governor approved. 

Moses Gill. 
A true copy. Attest: John Avery, Secretary of State. 



CHAPTER VII. 

BENJAMIN THOMPSON. COUNT RUMFORD. 

^■^T has been said that this town was named in honor of Count 
^^ Rumford, and this may or may not be the fact. Concord, 
N. H., the parent town of Rumford, Maine, was originally called 
Pennacook. When incorporated, it was called Rumford, supposed 
to be from Rumford in England, from which some of the early set- 
tlers or their ancestors came. Finally, when the difficulties with the 
adjoining town of Bow had been settled, the name was changed to 
Concord. When the eastern land grant was made to citizens of 
Concord, the territory was called New Pennacook, doubtless in com- 
memoration of the early name of Concord. When the inhabitants 
of New Pennacook asked to be incorporated as a town, they asked 
to have theu* town called China ; but for some reason not explained 
and not easy now to ascertain, the word China was left out and the 
word Rumford inserted in its place. In one thousand eight hun- 
dred, when this town was incorporated, Count Rumford was still 
living and had been famous for many years, and it may be that the 
committee of the legislature to whom the petition for the incorpor- 
ation of New Pennacook was referred, adopted the name in his 
honor ; but it is more than probable that it was so named to com- 
memorate the second name of the parent town. It may be remarked 
in this connection, that when Benjamin Thompson received his 
Order from the Elector of Bavaria, he chose for it the name of 
Rumford, in honor of the New Hampsire town where he had lived, 
and where his family still continued to reside. But whether this 
town was named for the parent town, or the man, makes no mate- 
rial difference. Count Rumford was allied by marriage to several 
of the grantees of New Pennacook and to some of the parly settlers 
here, and a brief sketch of his public career is not out of place in 
this connection. 

Benjamin Thompson was the son of Benj. and Ruth (Simonds) 
Thompson, and was born in the village of New Bridge, now North 



42 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Wolniin, Mass., March twenty-six, seventeen hundred and fifty- 
three. He was descended from James Thompson, who came to this 
country in sixteen hundred and thirty, and ])ecame one of the early 
settlers in ancient Woburn . The unpretentious house is still stand- 
ing, where Count Rumford first saw the light, and in a fairly good 
state of preservation. When Benjamin was only a year and a half 
old, his father died, and two years later his mother became the wife 
of Josiah Pierce, Jr. Mr. Pierce was a farmer, but young Thomp- 
son, as he grew up, did not take to farming, and his step-father is 
reported to have said that Benjamin preferred anything to work. 
At the age of eleven he was sent to school at Medford, and at thir- 
teen he was apprenticed to a merchant at Salem. He failed as a 
clerk as he had at farming, and busied himself most of the time 
with tools and implements. He was fond of music, played the 
violin, was clever at drawing, and was especially enthusiastic in ex- 
perimental philosophy. At the age of sixteen he returned to his 
home in Woburn. A second time he was sent to a store, this time 
in Boston, but he did not long remain. He then commenced the 
study of medicine and attended scientific lectures at Harvard, 
walking to and from the college with a young man named Baldwin, 
who was afterwards a Colonel in the patriot arm}', and who origin- 
ated and named the famous Baldwin apple. 

Young Thompson early engaged in teaching school, and in this 
cajjacity he was employed in Bradford, Wilmington, and in Con- 
cord, then a Massachusetts town in Essex county and called Rum- 
ford. He is described at this time as possessing a fine manly figure, 
nearly six feet in height, handsome features, auburn hair and bright 
blue eyes. At Rumford he had the influence, friendship and pas- 
toral aid of Rev. Timothy Walker, the first settled minister there, 
and a native of Woburn. It was here, also, that he formed the 
acquaintance of Mrs. Sarah, widow of Colonel Benjamin Rolfe, and 
daughter of Rev. Timothy Walker, who became his wife in 1772. 
Thompson was still a minor, and his wife was fourteen years his 
senior. 

This marriage secured to liim (juite a large property, relieved him 
of the necessity of teaching, and brought him into new and impor- 
tant social relations. He became acquainted with CJovcrnor \\m- 
throp of New Hampshire, who discovering the young man's ability, 
took him into close friendship, and introduced him to (lovornor 
Gage at Boston, which, in the excitement of poi)ular discontent in 



HISTORY OF ItUMFOED. 43 

the Colonies, caused him to be an object of patriotic suspicion, and 
in the near future caused him no little embarassment. Public 
opinion was at this time quite intolerant of coquetry with roj'al 
governors, and to the "Sons of Liberty" in Concord, it was enough 
to concentrate suspicion of disloyalty upon him, that he was in 
favor with the Governor. For this and other reasons, he was 
accused of being unfriendly to the cause of liberty, and was sujn- 
moned before a committee to answer to the charge. He was ac- 
quitted, but public opinion was not satisfied, and his house having 
been mobbed, he fled to Woburn, fifty miles away. J>ut suspicion 
still followed him, and here he was again arrested, tried by a com- 
mittee and again acquitted. From Wobuni he went to Charles- 
town, where he is known to have applied to Washington for a com- 
mission in the patriot army, which was refused him on account of 
the interference of officers of the New Hampsliire militia. Finding 
that his countrymen were bound to consider him disloyal, he became 
disgusted, and in the bitterness of his spirit he cried out : "My 
enemies are indefatigable in their efforts to distress me, and I find 
to my sorrow that they are but too successful." 

Two months later he left Woburn, v>^here he had been in hiding, 
never to return. Taken by his step-brother to the shore of Narra- 
ganset Bay, he was taken on board a Britisli frigate and taken to 
Boston. On the evacuation of Boston in 1776, Thompson, still 
only twenty-three years of age, was sent to England with the news. 
In England he was received with great favor. He was taken into 
the office of the Secretary of State and made Secretary for the 
Province of Georgia. He also resumed his favorite studies, and at 
intervals of leisure he wrote and published the results of his inves- 
tigations and experiments in the Transactions of the Royal Society, 
of which he was elected a fellow in 1778. This was a high honor 
for one of his age. He was afterwards appointed to a Colonelcy in 
the dragoons, a regiment of refugees raised in New York. He 
sailed for New York, but adverse winds drove the ship southward 
to the Carolinas, and before he assumed command Coruwallis had 
surrendered and the war was virtually over. He was in command, 
however, for a short time, of a detached company of cavalry in 
South Carolina, and is said to have had a brush with the celebrated 
Marion and to have routed him. Thompson had been proscribed 
in New Hampshire by the Alienation Act of 1778, and by an act of 
1781, his property was confiscated. At the close of the war, there- 



44 HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 

fore, it was impossible for such as he to live in this country, and he 
resolved to go to the Continent and offer his services to the Austrian 
Ciovernment in their threatened war against the Turks, lie went 
to Strasburg, where the Prince Maximilian, afterwards Elector of 
Bavaria was in camp, and his fine appearance made a favorable im- 
pression, lie became the guest of the Prince, and so favorably 
impressed him that he gave him a letter to his uncle, the Elector, 
and advised him to visit him, which he did. This incident deter- 
mined his destiny. He was cordially welcomed at Munich, and was 
there introduced into the Austrian Court. The Turkish war cloud 
had dissipated, but he was invited by the Elector to enter his ser- 
vice in a joint military and civil capacity, which place he accepted. 
He was still a Colonel in the British army, and he immediately vis- 
ited P^ngland with the view of asking permission to enter the service 
of the Elector. This was readily granted, and on taking leave of 
England he received the order of Knighthood at the hands of the 
King. 

When Thompson returned to JNlunich he was thirty-one years of 
age. His reception was little less than royal. A palatial residence 
was set apart for him, a military staff was provided, and a corps of 
servants. Thompson at once set about informing himself concern- 
ing the social conditions of the Electorate. He mastered its resour- 
ces and learned its weaknesses. He received from the Elector a 
commission to introduce a new system of order and discipline into 
the army, in which he was eminently successful. Under the new 
order of things, the soldier was converted into a citizen, was better 
fed, better clothed and better paid. Military gardens were estab- 
lished, and the soldiers became proficient in horticulture. Army 
workshops were also founded, in which all supplies needed by the 
army were manufactured. Munich at this time abounded in mendi- 
cants, and in no place had begging been more successfully reduced 
to a science. Thompson resolved to abate the nuisance, and on 
New Year's day, which had become the beggar's great day, he 
caused every mendicant to be arrested ; all who could work were 
consigned to comfortable quarters and supplied with work. The 
grateful citizens contributed money and hospitals were built for 
those who could not work, and the thing was accomplished. This 
was in the year seventeen hundred and ninet)'. 

Sir IkMijamin also established a military academy for the educa- 
tion of jiromising youth of all classes. He took measures to im- 



HI8T0BY OF BUMFOBD. 45 

prove the breeds of horses and cattle in Bavaria, by the establish- 
ment of a large stock farm under able jurisdiction. He redeemed 
a tract of waste land near the city, nearly six miles in circumfer- 
ence, and upon a portion of it was his stock farm established. This 
is still known as "The English Garden." Honors were now heaped 
upon him. His fame had spread over Europe. King George the 
Third had already Knighted him. The King of Poland conferred 
on him the Knighthood of the order of St. Stanislaus. He was 
commissioned by the Elector, Major General of Cavahy, and ap- 
pointed Counsellor of State and Head of the War Department. In 
seventeen hundred ninety-one, he was invested with the rank of a 
Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and he chose as the title of this 
new dignity the name of the little New Hampshire town where he 
had left his wife and infant daughter fifteen years before, and where 
they still lived, though his wife died there the following year. 

The active mind of Count Rumford was not content with carrying 
out the details of the reforms above described, but engaged in other 
important investigations which covered a wide range. He engaged 
in meterological experiments, and studied carefully the properties 
of gunpowder. Among other pursuits, he devoted much time to the 
subject of furnishing nutritive and economical food to the poorer 
classes. He is said to haA^e first utilized the use of the potato as a 
food. He published rules for the construction of public kitchens, 
investigated the nutritive properties of various kinds of food, and 
tabulated and published the results with scientific precision. Pre- 
eminent among his investigations is a series of experiments into the 
properties of heat, which annihilated all antecedent theories, and 
makes him the undisputed discoverer of that grand law of the cor- 
relation and equivalence of physical forces. 

A dangerous illness at this time obliged him to suspend work, 
and he obtained permission to travel, visiting most of the countries 
on the continent. In seventeen hundred ninety-five, he revisited 
P^ugland. While there he called attention to the measures he had 
so successfully carried out in Germany, and many of them were 
adopted. At this time he contributed five thousand dollars to the 
American Academy of Science and Art, for the purpose of supplj^- 
ing a "Rumford Medal." He likewise gave a fund to the Royal 
Society of London, "for the purpose of encouraging such practical 
experiments in the generation and management of heat and light, 
as tend directly and powerfully to increase the enjoyments and com- 



46 Hisroiiv OF uumf(h;d. 

forts of life, especially iu the lower and more numerous classes of 
society." The first award of the "Rumford Medal" made by the 
Royal Society, was to Count Rumford himself, — a fitting and grace- 
ful tribute for his own important discoveries in that direction. 

Count Rumford never saw his wife after he first left America, and 
she died sixteen years after the separation. In seventeen hundred 
ninety-two, his only child, Sarah, whom he had left a child, after- 
wards known as Countess of Rumford, visited him in Munich, 
where she was received at the Court and pensioned. She was born 
in the Rolfe Mansion at Concord, October 18, 1774. She remained 
abroad a large portion of the time after her mother's death, until 
1845, when she returned to Concord and soon after died, bequeath- 
ing her large property to relatives and various charitable and benev- 
olent institutions. 

Count Rumford's health again failing, and desiring to again visit 
England, the Elector kindly made him Minister Plenipotentiary to 
the Court of Saint James. Soon after this his thoughts were turned 
toward his native land, and he wrote to the friend of his youth. Col. 
Baldwin, asking him to procure for him some "little quiet retreat, 
not far from his old home." He had correspondence with the 
American minister with regard to the removal of his disabilities, 
which elicited from the President of the United States a cordial 
acknowledgement of the Count's illustrious labors for the good of 
mankind, and an offer of patronage should he return. But nothing 
came of it. The Count was soon engaged in other enterprises such 
as the founding of the Royal Institution ; he also became entangled 
in matrimonial affairs, which postponed the desired return and pre- 
vented it. In eighteen hundred and three he left England for the 
last time. He went to Paris, where he was introduced to Bonaparte, 
then Consul, and then proceeded to Munich, where he received a 
magnificent reception. He returned to Paris, where he became fas- 
cinated with a French lady, the widow of Lavoisier, the celebrated 
chemist, whom he married. The marriage was not a happy one, 
and in eighteen hundred fourteen, at Auteuil, which is included 
within the walls of Paris, he died, and was buried in the local cem- 
etery, where a simple monument marks his last resting place. 

The fame of Count Rumford is lasting, and his career was most 
remarkable. What might have been had he remained in America 
and been loyal to the popular cause, it is difficult to tell. That he 
was inclined to loyalty, there is not the least doubt, but he was 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 47 

proud spirited, and the snspicion that was cast upon him and the 
treatment he received, drove him to desperation. It is not strange 
that he sought the British camp, nor that he went to England, but 
that he should return with a commission to fight his countrymen, is 
a dark stain upon his otherwise glorious record. He was a philan- 
thropist in the highest sense of the word, his efforts being directed 
to the amelioration of the condition of the masses of the people. 
It is a matter of regret that he did not return to this country after 
having firmly established the monument of his genius, and spent a 
useful and honored old age among his kindred, instead of being 
ensnared by the charms and embittered by the disappointments of 
his second marriage. The poor of the world will ever love and 
bless his memory, and his life, after he left this country, is an 
eloquent tribute to the power of enthusiastic fidelity to a noble 
purpose. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE FIRST SETTLERS. 



^^T is agi'eed ou all hands that Jonathan Keyes was the first per- 
^^ sou to settle within the limits of this town. He was born in 
Shrewsbury, Mass., Jan. 21, 1728, and was the son of Dea. Jona- 
than and Patience (Morse) Keyes. He married Sarah, daughter 
of Ebenezer Taylor, January 23, 1752. He purchased laud in 
Sudbury Canada, now Bethel, in 1772, and again in 1774. He 
spent some years in Bethel before he came to Rumford, but just 
how many the records do not show. A deed recorded with the 
Cumberland records, recites that March 14, 1777, Jonathan Keyes 
of Sudbury Canada, sold to Samuel Ingalls of Fryeburg, four hun- 
dred acres, or four lots of land, situated and being ou the south 
side of Androscoggin river, in a place called Sudbui-y Canada. 
The deed further states that upon one of the lots Mr. Keyes had 
made considerable improvement, had built a house, a barn for 
grain and another for English hay. January third preceding, Mr. 
Keyes had purchased of Dr. Ebenezer Harndeu Goss, two full 
rights in the township of New Pennacook. That Mr. Keyes moved 
his family to Bethel, is not probable. Two of his sons, Ebenezer 
and Francis, were there with him, and it is stated on good authority 
that Mr. Keyes returned to Shrewsbury one fall, and left his two 
sons in care of his camp, and that for some reason not mentioned, 
he did not return until spring. Ebenezer was about fourteen years 
of age and Francis nine, and the}' remaini'd in this tlK'u remote 
region all through the long and inclement winter with no compan- 
ionship save that of the Indians. Ebenezer Keyes afterward settled 
in Jay, and has descendants in Franklin county. Jonathan Keyes 
died Novemlter 7, 178G ; his wife died November 14, 17!);>. 

In the absence of record evidence, it is often difficult after the 
lapse of a century, to know who was the first settler in auy given 
town, and precisely when a settlement was made. Tradition can- 
not be relied upon. That Jonathan Keyes was the first white man 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 49 

to make his home in Rumford, and move his family here, has never 
been disputed. Hunters may have previously camped here, but 
they came not to make tliein a home. Among papers left by the 
late Francis Keyes of Kumford, is one which gives some account of 
the early settlement of the town. This paper is in the handwriting- 
of Mr. Keyes, and as he was an actor and eye-witness of what he 
describes, it is entitled to the utmost confidence. Mr. Keyes wrote 
as follows : 

"This town was granted February 3d, 1774, to Timothy Walker, 
Jr., and associates ; the condition of the grant was to put on thirty 
families within six years. The records having been lost, the grant 
was renewed April 13, 1979, and the time lengthened for complet- 
ing the settlement five years from that time. The first proprietors' 
meeting was held at the house of Capt. Daniel Bradley in Haverhill, 
Mass., with leave to adjourn and hold future meetings in an}' town 
in this State, and if more convenient, in any town in New Hamp- 
shire. Said meeting was adjourned to Concord, N. H., and with 
one adjournment all subsequent meetings were held there until Aug. 
31, 1807, when they were held in Rumford. In the Fall of 1776, 
the proprietors sent a committee to this town, consisting of Colonel 
Thomas Stickney, Elnsign Jonathan Eastman, Dr. Ebenezer Harn- 
den Goss and Ephraim Colby, to make a division of one hundred 
acres to each right. In 1777, my father, Jonathan Keyes of 
Shrewsbury, purchased four rights of land in this town, and on the 
tenth of March, 1777, set out with m^^self and my mother and came 
to New Gloucester. From there my father and I come to this town 
in the August following, and began a settlement where 1 now live, 
the first settlement made in this town. After bringing the farm 
forward so far as to support a small famil}', my father moved my 
mother in on the 29th day of October, 1779. In 1781, three other 
persons began making settlements in this town, and on the third of 
August of that year, a small scouting party of Indians from Canada, 
with one who before that time lived in these parts, commenced 
plundering in Sunday River Plantation and Sudbury Canada, and 
took some prisoners and killed two men in Peabody's Patent. Not 
considering it safe to continue here, we moved off on the sixth of the 
same mouth, and did not return until the Spring of 1783, and began 
our settlement anew. July 28, 1783, it was voted to lay out one 
hundred and thirty-four one hundred acre lots, and give thirty of 
the first settkrs their pick out of the whole of them. In the Si)ring 



50 HISrOIiY OF liUMFORD. 

of 1784, Philip Abbot, Jacob Eastman and Daniel Stickney had 
begun actual settlement. May 6, 1784, John Stevens of Concord, 
was chosen to petition for a longer time for settling said town, and 
obtained an extension of two years. Jan'y 2, 1786, John Stevens, 
Jonathan Eastman and Timothy Walker were appointed a commit- 
tee to induce settlers to come into town, and were instructed to offer 
a bounty of six pounds to each actual settler within one year." 

The early route to Sudbury Canada and New Pennacook, was !>}' 
way of the Saco river to Fryeburg, and then by the Indian trail 
across through Lovell and Waterford. Standish was then the rall}'- 
ing point to settlers going to Fryeburg and beyond. Before 1781, 
when the family tied for safety to New Gloucester, a road had been 
opened between that town and Paris, rendering this route to the 
older settlements more feasible and expeditious. While the famil}- 
was left in the border settlement, Mr. Keyes was preparing a home 
for them in this wilderness, and in 1783, after the Indian troubles 
in INIaine had forever passed away, he returned to his clearing, and 
his was doubtless the only family that up to this time had ever lived 
within the limits of the town.* In June, 1788, Samnel Titcomb of 
Wells, the old surveyor, wrote to Leonard Jarvis that "a road had 
lately been cleared out from Butterfield to New Pennacook, Sudbury 
Canada, &c., which leads through a part of numbers I and II, and 
another road through parts of numbers III and IV, to Sudbury 
Canada, &c. In the settlements of Sudbury Canada and New Pen- 
nacook, supplies from navigation would be received by this route. 
The Amoscoggin river abounds in salmon and shad, and has good 
mill sites." 

In just what order subsequent settlers came, there are no means 
of knowing, nor does it matter much. We know that Aaron JMoor 
and Benjamin Lufkin were soon here, and that after 1784, settlers 
came in quite rapidly. In 1792, nine years after Mr. Keyes re- 
turned, a committee of the proprietors of the township appointed 
for the purpose, reported the following as the actual settlers in the 
town : On tlie north side of the (ilreat River — Philip Abbot, Jacob 
Abbot, Jacob Eastman, Osgood Eaton, Jacob Farnum, Samuel 
Goodwin, Robert Ilinkson, James Harper, Sarah Keyes, Francis 
Keyes, Nathaniel Kniglit, Moses Kimball, Stephen Putnam, Henry 

* In liis statement Mr. Keyes says "three other persons hail hefrun making' setUemonts," 
but In a statement entered on the town Clerk's records of Hum ford, he states jiosltively 
that to the time of tlie Indian raid Into Bethel, no family except his father's had settled 
In the township. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 51 

Rolfe, Josiali Segur and John Stevens, James McAllister and 
Daniel Knight had eonimeuced clearings, but were not recognized 
by the committee as actual settlers. On the south side of the river 
were David Al)bot, Benjamin Elliot, Benjamin Faruum, David 
Farnum, Edmund Page, Joel Stone, Moses Stone and Benjamin 
Sweat, Jr. The lots the}^ severally occupied will be found in the 
abstract of the proprietors' records. A few settlers had not taken 
up lots, and so their names do not appear in the above list. The 
death of the pioneer, Jonathan Keyes, was perhaps the first in the 
plantation. There is no record of a previous one. The first mar- 
riage was probably that of Stephen Putnam. This was Stephen 
Putnam, Jr., but the junior was not added to his name until his 
father came a few years later. Stephen Putnam, Jr., was married 
to Sally Elliot, i)y Rev. John Strickland, Dec. 25, 1789. It is said 
that Stephen Putnam, Jr., lironght the first set of blacksmith's tools 
into town and shod the first horse. His wife spun and wove the 
first web of cloth in town. He died July 4, 1853, and his wife sur- 
vived him six years. Like many of the early settlers, they lived to 
see "the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose," as the result of 
their privations and hardships. 



DIRECT TAX OF 1798. 

In one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, a direct tax was 
laid upon the real estate of the country by the General Government. 
The tax in Pennacook, now Rumford, was assessed October first of 
that year. Elijah Livermore of Livermore, was the principal asses- 
sor, and his assistants were Nathaniel Perley, William Livermore 
and Stephen Putnam, the latter known in Pennacook as Stephen 
Putnam, Jr. Twenty-seven houses were taxed in Pennacook, and 
thirty-seven resident owners of land. The non-resident lands were 
also taxed. This list of tax-payers has an historical value, as it 
shows approximately, at least, the number of households at this 
period. The population was probably made up of twenty-seven 
families, and ten single men who had bought lots and were making- 
clearings. It will be noticed that Timothy Walker of Concord, and 
John Stevens' heirs, also of Concord, were large owners of the non- 
resident lands of the town : 



52 



HISTORY OF BUM FORD. 



Names. No. acres. Value. 

Philij) Abbot .'.00 .fiyOO 

David Abbot 'iOO ")(!() 

Jacob Abbot 120 7-2() 

OPi^n.od Katon KK) 4(10 

Hc'iij. Elliot ISO -ISO 

Jacob Fariuiin '200 4S0 

David Faniuiii 400 (iOO 

l^ciij. l-'aniiiiii 400 r.oO 

Joshua Graliani 400 544 

Gustavus A . Goss 100 oOO 

Saumc'l Goss 100 :VA) 

William Codwiu 200 420 

KolMM-t Iliiikson 100 '.m) 

Abraiii Howe 100 170 

Samuel Hinkson 100 85 

Phiueap Jloue 120 M20 

JauK"? Harper ;«0 480 

Moses Kimball 100 255 

Daniel Kuitiht 480 535 



Names. No. acres. Value. 

Francis Keyes 1300 $1450 

r.eiij. Lufkin 200 540 

Jolin Martin 580 7H5 

James Mc A lister 100 200 

Edmund !*a<je 100 200 

Stepben I'utuam 700 003 

Stephen Putnam, Jr., 2.30 375 

r.enj. Polfe 487 600 

lietiry Polfe 300 385 

Jeremiah l{ichardson,100 320 

Joshua Kipley 300 2.50 

Samuel Stevens 100 100 

Jienj. Swat 100 .311 

Natiianiel Sanborn. . .100 250 

John Tavloi- 200 .3.55 

Ebene/er \'iri;i n 1 00 200 

.lohn VVhitteinore 300 2.50 

Abel Wheeler 300 340 



Jeremiah Andrews. . .GOO 

Enoch Adams 300 

Joshua Atherton .300 

Increase Dollv 100 

Pichard Doiloir 200 

John Chandler 300 

Ei)hraim Farnuni ."JOO 

Benj. P'arniiin 300 

Moses Gale 300 



NON-RESIDENT. 

500 Ezekiel Mei-rill 100 85 

250 : Henrv Martin 480 3.50 

250 JoliirMartin 100 85 

2G0 ; Cai)t. Marsh 300 250 

500 Wm. P. Partridge . . .100 123 
2.50 Heirs of John Stev- 

2.50 ens 5260 4370 

2.50 Eleazer Twitchell .... 300 2.50 

250 1 Col. Timo'y Walker, 6700 5625 



In 1801, returns were made by the town of Kitmford to the Mas- 
sachusetts Secretary of State, of which the following is an abstract : 
Males over twenty-one years of age, 5G ; grist mills, 2 ; saw mills, 
2; barns, 35; tillage land, 311 acres; bushels wheat grown, 70; 
bushels rye, 20 ; bushels oats, 333 ; bushels corn, 283 ; bushels 
beans, 37 ; acres English upland mowing, 244 ; acres pasturage, 
198 ; number of cows, 109 ; number of horses, 41 ; number of oxen, 
70 ; number of steers, 117 ; number of swine, 38. 

The statistics in this chapter show the growth and development 
of the town to the close of the century, and for eighteen years after 
Mr. Keyes returned from New Gloucester, and the actual settle- 
ment may be said to have begun. The plantation of New Pennacook 
was organized October 20, 1795, A petition signed by Aaron 
Moor, Francis Keyes, Benjamin Elliot, Benjamin Sweat and 
p^dmuud Page, was presented to Isaac Parsons, Es(i., asking for a 
warrant for that purpose, and the meeting was held at the house of 



HISrOBY OF BUMFOBD. 53 

Joshua Graham. The call provided for the election of clerk, asses- 
sors, and all other necessary plantation officers. The records of 
this and subsequent plantation meetings are probably not in exis- 
tence, and it was onl}' by mere chance that the warrant with the 
return of Francis Keyes thereon, was preserved. It is known that 
Francis Keyes was elected plantation clerk, and this is all we do 
know of the proceedings. After a plantation life of four years, the 
inhabitants began to think of incorporation as a town, and their 
action and that of the General Court thereon, have been given in a 
preceding chapter. 



chaptp:r IX. 

BRIEF SKETCH OF OXFORD COUNTY. 

[i^l^HEN Jonathan Keyes came to New Pennacook to select him 
p a lot for a homestead, the wilderness of western Maine had 
been invaded at many points. General Jonathan Frye begun the 
settlement of Fryeburg in 1762. Like Rumford, most of the first 
settlers were from Concord, New Hampshire. Capt. Henry Young 
Brown of Haverhill, settled Brownfield a year later. Lovell was 
settled in 1779, Hiram in 1774, Porter in 1781, "Waterford in 1775. 
These were Saco River towns. On the Androscoggin, Turner was 
settled about 1772, Livermore a little later; Bethel in 1774, and 
Norway in 1781. Ezekiel Merrill, the first Andover settler, came 
from Andover, Massachusetts, in 1786, and was the sole occupant 
of that region, save straggling Indians, for over two years. Paris 
was settled in 1781, Buckfield in 1777, and Jay about the same time 
as Paris. Sumner and Hartford, the territory of which was origin- 
ally called Butterfield, were settled soon after 1780. The small 
party of first settlers in Rumford, therefore, had neighbors not very 
far distant, but there were no roads connecting the different colo- 
nies, and no communication was feasible, except on foot, through 
the rough paths of the forest. Spotted trees guided the traveller 
between the different settlements, but when journeying outside he 
was obliged to depend partly on his own sagacity and partly on the 
course of the sun and the position of the mountains. 

A census of the District of Maine was taken in 1790, but New 
Pennacook was not then incorporated and made no report. In 



54 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

1800, the town was incorporated and its population was then two 
hundred and sixty-two. There were then between fifty and sixty 
families in the town. Rumford was in the County of Cuml)erland 
until 1805, when the County of Oxford was created, made up of 
towns which had previously been in the counties of Cumberland and 
York. The act erecting these towns into a county, was as follows : 

"That tlie counties of York and Cumberland shall be divided by 
a line beginning at a place called the Crooked Kipples on the An- 
droscoggin river, at the southeast corner of the towu of Turner, 
from thence to run westerl}' on the dividing line between the towns 
of Turner and Miuot, to tlie most northeasterly corner of the said 
town of ]Minot ; from thence southwesterly on the lines between the 
towns of Minot and Hebron; thence northwesterly on the line be- 
tween Heliron and Otistield, to the towu of Norway; thence west- 
erly and northerly on the line between the towns of Otisfield and 
Norway, to the southeaster!}^ corner of the town of Waterford ; 
thence westerly on the line lietween said Waterford and Otisfield to 
the northeasterly corner of tlie town of Bridgton ; tlience westerly 
on the northerly line of said Bridgton to the northeast corner there- 
of ; thence southerly on the westerl^^ side of said Bridgton to the 
southeast corner thereof ; thence westerly on the north line of the 
town of Baldwin and Prescott's Grant, to Saco river ; thence down 
the middle of said Saco river to the mouth of the river called the 
Great Ossipee ; thence westerly by a line drawn on the middle of 
the river last mentioned, to the line of New Hampshire, and the 
county of York and Cumberland aforesaid : That all tliat part and 
parcel of the counties of York and Cumberland situated on the 
northerly side of the line before descriljed, and extending northerly 
and westerly so as to comprehend all the territor}' lying between 
the State of New Hampshire and the County of Kennebec, and on 
the northerly side of the line aforesaid, excepting the towns of 
"Wilton, Temple, Avon, and township number three on Sandy river, 
northerly of Avon, which towns shall be considered as belonging to 
the Coimt}' of Kennebec, shall be and the same is ei'ected into an 
entire and distinct county by the name of Oxford." 

The sul)joined list embraces the original towns in Oxford County, 
the date of their incorporation, and the name of their first Repre- 
sentative to the Great and General Court : 

Paris Tune 20, 1 T'.i.'i P^lias Stowell. 

Hebron Maivh 0, 171)2 Willinni ('. Whitnov. 

Buckfiekl .Maivli IC. 171t;{ Enoch Hall. 

Turner Fuly 7. 178() lolin Turner. 

Livennoie Felnuiiiv 2S. 17t).5 Sinieon Waters;. 

Hartford I uue i;{." 1 708 1 )avi(i \Vain'n. 

Sun)ner •• June l.S\ 17tt8 Simeon Harrett, .Jr. 

Norway Mareh S), 171)7 I>utlier Farrar. 



HI8T0BY OF RUMFOBD. 55 

Fryeburg January 11, 1777 John McMillan. 

Brownfield February 20, 1802 Joseph Howard. 

Lovell November 15, 1800 Philip C. Johnson. 

Waterford March 2, 1797 Eber Rice. 

Albany June 20, 1803 Asa Cummings. 

Bethel June 10, 1790 Eliphaz Chapman. 

Jay February 26, 1795 James Starr, Jr. 

Dixfield June 21, 1803 Silas Barnard. 

Eumf ord February 21 , 1800 William Wheeler. 

Gilead June 23, 1804 Eliphaz Chapman, Jr. 

Newry June 15, 1805 Melvin Stowe. 

East Andover June 23, 1804 Edward L. Poor. 

The followiDg are the names with the dates of incorporation, of 
the towns incorporated since the County of Oxford was formed : 

Byron January 24, 1833. 

Canton February 5. 1821. (Taken from Jay). 

Denmark February 20, 1807. 

Greenwood Februarj^ 2, 1816. 

Grafton March 19, 1852. 

Hanover February 14, 1843. (Taken from Bethel) . 

Hiram February 27, 1814. 

Mason February 3, 1843. 

Mexico February 13, 1843. 

Oxford February 27, 1829. (Taken from Hebron) . 

Peru February 5, 1821, (changed from Partridgetown) . 

Porter February 20, 1807. 

Eoxbury V. arch 17, 1835. 

Stoneham Januarj- 31, 1834. 

Stow^e . January 28, 1833. 

Sweden February 26, 1813. 

Upton February 9, 1860. 

Woodstock February 7. 1815. 

Carthage February 20, 1826. 

Weld February 8, 1816. 

Franklin county was erected in 1838, and took from Oxford 
county the towns of Jay, Carthage and Weld. The town of Berlin, 
which was formerly an Oxford county town, was absorbed in the 
town of Philips, and the name of Berlin was dropped. Androscog- 
gin county was erected in 1854, and took the towns of Livermore 
and Turner. The following statistical table taken from Greenleaf 's 
Survey of the State, shows the comparative standing of Oxford 
county towns in population, for the years specified : 

POPULATION. 

Towns. 1790. ISOO. 1810. 1820. 

Andover 22 175 

Albany - 69 

Bethel.. 100 616 

Brownfield 250 288 

Buckfield 453 1,002 



264 


368 


165 


288 


975 


1,267 


388 


727 


,251 


1,501 



56 



HISTORY OF nUMFOlW. 



Toirns. 1790. 

Denmark 

Dixfield - 

Dixlichl and Mexico - 

Frj'oburg ;">47 

Gilertd 

Greonwood 

Hartford and Sumner ISO 

Hartford 

Ilohron, including Oxford "il^O 

Hiram 102 

Jay. including (Linton 103 

I.ivorniore - 

Lovcll and Sweden 

Lovell 

Mexico 

Newry 

Norway 448 

Pari:^ - 

Peru 

Porter 

Kumford 

Sweden 

Turner 349 

Waterfoni 150 

Woodstock 

Weld - 



ISOO. 


1810. 


1S20. 


_ 


436 


972 


_ 


403 


595 


137 


- 


- 


734 


1,004 


1,057 


88 


215 


328 


- 


273 


392 


243 


720 


1,113 


981 


1,211 


1,727 


203 


336 


972 


430 


1,107 


1,614 


863 


1,560 


2,174 


147 


365 


- 


_ 


202 


430 


_ 


14 


148 


92 


202 


203 


«]09 


1,010 


1,330 


844 


1,320 


1.894 


_ 


92 


343 


272 


292 


487 


262 


629 


871 


_ 


_ 


249 


722 


1,129 


1,726 


535 


860 


1,035 


_ 


236 


509 


- 


318 


495 



CHAPTER X. 

ABSTRACT OF TOWN RECORDS. 1800-1820. 

?HE town records of Rumford commence with the incorporation 
1^ in the year eighteen hundred. They have been as well l^ept 
and are in as good state of preservation as those of most other 
towns. The town lias been fortunate in preserving them from the 
ravages of fire, for the records of so many towns have been burned 
that their destruction by that element has come to be regarded as 
only a question of time. The details of town meetings, as a rule, 
make dry and uninteresting reading. The abstract of the doings of 
town meetings which follow, have been made as brief as possible, 
and at the same time show the growth and progress of the town. 
This will be seen in the increased amount of money raised from 
year to year for various purposes, notably that for schools, and in 
the efforts to secure good roads and bridges for the accommodation 
of public travel. The principal town officers since the incorporation 
are given together in another place, and only a few are given in the 
abstract. The proceedings of the first meeting only, are given in 
fuU: 

WARRANT. 

Cumberland, ss. 

To Mr. Francis Keyes of Rumford, in said County, yeoman, 

GREETING : 

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are 
hereby required to notify and warn all freeholders and other inhab- 
itants of said town of Rumford, qualified to vote in town meetings 
,as the law directs, to meet at your dwelling house in said Rumford, 
on Monday the fourteenth day of April next, at eleven o'clock in 
the forenoon, to act and vote on the following articles, viz : 

1st. To choose a moderator to regulate said meeting. 
2d. To choose a town clerk. 

3d. To choose three or more suitable persons to serve as select- 
men the year ensuing. 

4th. To choose any or all other town officers which towns are by 



58 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

law authorized to choose at their annual meeting in March or April. 

ath. To vote and agree at what time in the month of Marcli or 
April tlieir annual meetings shall be held in future. 

Gth. To vote in what way and manner their meetings shall be 
warned in future. 

And make due return of tliis warrant and your doings hereon, 
unto myself, on or before the fourteenth day of April next. 

Given under ray hand and seal at Norway, in said county, this 
twenty-fourth day of March, A. D. 1800. 

[l. s.] Job P^astman, Justice of the Peace. 

Rumford, April 1, 1800. 

Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, 1 have notilled the inhabitants 
of said town, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and 
place and for the purposes witliin mentioned. 

Francis Keyes. 

I hereby certify that the above return was made on the back of 
the warrant that was given out under the act of incorporation, by 
Job Eastman, Justice of the Peace, and ])y mistake was omitted 
to be recorded at the bottom of said warrant, therefore 1 have an- 
nexed it to the margin of said book, against where it ought to have 
been recorded. 

Attest : Francis Keyes, Town Cleric. 



The Meeting. 

P urn ford, April 14, 1800. 

Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of said town 
being assembled, the meeting was opened and passed the following 
votes, \iz. : 

1st. Made choice of Joshua Graham for moderator. 

2d. Made clioice of Francis Keyes for town clerk, and was sworn 
in oi)en town meeting Ijy the moderator. 

3d. Made choice of Francis Keyes, Philii) Abbot and John Mar- 
tin for selectmen and assessors. 

4th. Made choice of David Farnum for town treasurer. 

Voted, that the collection of taxes be vendued, and struck off to 
the lowest bidder, with his getting two bondsmen, and (it) was 
struck off to Edmimd Page at six cents on each dollar for collecting, 
and (lie) was chosen collector accordingly, with Gustavus A. Goss 
and John Wliittemore for bondsmen, and was accepted I»3' the 
town. 

Voted, to conclude the Viusiuess of this meeting by hand votes. 

Made choice of Edmund I'age for constable. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 5^ 

Made choice of David Farnum, John Martin, Francis Keyes and 
Osgood Eaton for surveyors of highways. 

Made choice of Benjamin F^Uiot and Daniel Knight for surveyors 
of lumber of all sorts. 

Made choice of Francis Keyes, Philip Abbot and John Martin 
for fence viewers. 

Made choice of Benjamin Farnum, John Whittemore and Joshua 
Ripley for tythingmen. 

Made choice of Gustavus A. Goss, John Whittemore, John Mar- 
tin and Daniel Knight for hog-reeves. 

Made choice of John Whittemore and Joshua Graham for pound 
keepers. 

Made choice of Francis Keyes, Philip Abbot and John Martin 
for field drivers. 

5th. Voted to hold their annual meeting on the first Monday of 
April, annually. 

6th. Voted, that one warrant should be sufficient for warning a 
meeting, a copy of which shall be posted up by the constable, at 
the place where the meeting is to be held. 

All the foregoing officers were sworn to the faithful discharge of 
their several duties, before Gustavus A. Goss, except the town clerk 
and said Goss- 

A true record. 

Attest : Francis Ketes, Town Clerk. 



The next meeting was held at the house of Benjamin Farnum, on 
the first day of May, 1800, when the following votes were passed : 

Made choice of Abel Wheeler for moderator. 

Voted, to raise twenty dollars to defray the charges of the town, 
the ensuing year. 

Voted, to raise three hundred dollars to be laid out on the road, 
at twelve and one-half cents per hour from the first of May until 
the first of July, and nine hours per day, and from that time to the 
first of October, nine cents an hour and eight hours a day. 

A meeting for the acceptance of town ways laid out by the select- 
men, was held at the house of Benjamin Farnum, August thirtieth. 
The first road accepted was one beginning at Bethel line on the 
South side of the river, and running down the river eight and a half 
miles to a point a little below David Farnum's place. Another road 
was described as beginning at the town line, north side of the Great 
river, at Swift river below Ebenezer Virgin's place, "to a leaning 
pine standing on the bank of the river opposite Mr. Graham's." 
Two other short roads were accepted, one beginning near Philip 
Abbot's home, and the other near Mr. Richardson's corner. 



60 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Another meeting to consider the subject of roads was held Sep- 
tember twenty-ninth. It was voted to accept the survej' of a road 
from Abel Wheeler's barn to the West line of Kumford. Also a 
road from a beech tree below Stickney brook, on the South side of 
the river, to the East line of the town. Voted to discharge Stephen 
Putnam from [)aying the taxes of one thousand seven lumdred and 
ninety-eight, and to give John Taylor the taxes assessed against 
him, it being tiie first tax ever assessed in town. 

Another meeting was called on November third, of the male in- 
habitants, twenty-one years of age, having a freehold estate within 
the town, of the annual income of ten dollars, or any estate to the 
value of two hundred dollars, and residents of Kumford for one 
year, to vote for member of Congress for the second Eastern dis- 
trict. Peleg Wadsworth had all the votes thrown, numbering seven. 
These were all the meetings held during Rumford's first year as a 
town. 

1801. On the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred 
and one, a meeting was called to vote for State officers, with the 
following results : 

Calel) Strong, for Governor, had thirty-two votes, and Elbridge 
Gerry, five. For Lieutenant Governor, Edward H. Bobbins had 
thirty-two votes, and Samuel Phillips, eleven. For Senators and 
Councillors, John K. Smith had twentj'-six, and Stephen Long- 
fellow thirty-one votes, respectively. 

The town business was also transacted on the same day. The 
town clerk and treasurer were re-elected, and Francis Keyes, 
Stephen Putnam and Jeremiah Richardson were chosen selectmen. 
James C. Harper bid off the taxes, and was elected constable. 
Gustavus A. Goss, Benjamin Sweat and Benjamin Farnum were his 
bondsmen. Among the new names in the list of officers elected 
this year, were Richard DoUoff, AVilliam Virgin, Daniel Martin, 
Phineas How and Moses Kimball, 

It was voted to raise fifty dollars for town charges, sixty dollars 
for schools, and three hundred dollars for roads at eighty-three 
cents per da}'. A connnittee consisting of Francis Keyes, Stephen 
Putnam and Jeremiah Richardson was raised, to divide the town 
into School Districts. 

The selectmen were made a committee "to i)urtluise burying 
yards." 

At an adjourned meeting lield July first, the report of the com- 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 61 

mittee dividing the town into five school districts and describing the 
bounds of each, was accepted. The report also provided that the 
money arising from the taxes of non-resident owners, should be 
equally divided among the several districts, according to the num- 
ber of house-holders in each. 

At a meeting holden August eighteenth, the selectmen made a 
report recommending that guide posts be erected at the following 
points : One on the main road at the corner leading to Harper's 
Ferry ; one at the corner leading to Paris ; one at the corner below 
Abbot's Mills ; the above to be erected on the South side of the 
river. On the north side of the river, one at the corner of the road 
near Phineas Howe's ; one at the corner near the mouth of Split 
Brook, so-called, and one at the angle of the road leading from the 
mouth of Split Brook to East Audover. The selectmen were author- 
ized to erect the above guide posts. At a meeting October third, 
the town declined to send a delegate to Paris, to a convention called 
to consider the subject of a new county. 

1802. At the election in one thousand eight hundred and two, 
for Governor, Caleb Strong had twenty-seven votes, and Elbridge 
Gerry, seven. 

At the annual meeting this year the selectmen elected were Fran- 
cis Keyes, Philip Abbot and John Martin. John Puffer bid off the 
collection of taxes, and was elected constable. Among the new 
names in the list of town officers were those of Stephen Putnam, 
Jr., John Howe, Jacob Abbot, Phineas Wood and Benjamin Rolfe. 
Seventy dollars were raised for schools, sixty for town charges, and 
four hundred for roads. No other town meetings were held this 
year, except for the election of member of Congress. 

1803. The meeting for one thousand eight hundred and three 
was holden at the dwelling house of Silas How, April fourth. Lists 
of the principal town officers are given in tabular form elsewhere, 
and will not be repeated here. James Colman Harper again bid off 
the taxes. The new names among the town officers this year were 
Kimball Martin, Ephraim Colby, Nathan Silver, Nathaniel F. Hig- 
gins, Israel Putnam and Nathan Brown. Eighty dollars each for 
schools and for town charges were raised, and five hundred for 
roads. It was voted to erect a meeting house on the north side of 
the river, as near the center as may be from east to west on the 
river road. Francis Keyes, Ebenezer Virgin and John Martin Avere 



€2 HisTony OF nuMFOjii). 

chosen a locating; committee. The widow McAlister's tax for the 
year one thousand eight hundred, was remitted. One hundred dol- 
lars were raised toward building the meeting house. It was voted 
to hold annual meetings hereafter on the second Tuesday of March. 
At an adjourned meeting, the committee on location of a meeting 
house reported in favor of a spot half way, or thereabout, between 
Swift and Ellis rivers and a little below Split Brook. It was voted 
to build a house forty feet square, twelve foot post, and with a hip 
roof. Samuel Knight was excused from paying an old tax. The 
frame of the proposed meeting house was struck off to Francis 
Kej'es at forty dollars. He also bid off the 1»oarding and sliingling 
for forty-six dollars. At an adjourned meeting June sixth, Enoch 
Adams had a tax remitted, and Enoch Krister was released from 
certain obligations relative to bidding off school lands. Thirtj' dol- 
lars additional were raised for the meeting house, and the frame 
erected by Francis Keyes was accepted. At a meeting December 
fifteenth, Frai^cis Keyes was chosen a committee to attend a con- 
vention at Paris, to consider the subject of the erection of a new 
county. 

1804. The annual meeting in eighteen hundred and four, was 
iield at the house of Joshua (iraham, IMarch thirteenth. One lum- 
dred dollars were raised for scliools, fifty for town charges, and six 
hundi'ed dollars for roads ; also thirty dollars for the church build- 
ing. The selectmen were directed to lay out a burying ground on 
the parsonage land, and make report. Among the new names in- 
troduced at this meeting were Samuel Stevens, Samuel Simpson, 
Benjamin Morse and .Jacob Farnum. James Harper was collector 
and constable. The meeting was adjourned to the house of Nathan 
Hunting. Joshua Graham was elected collector of taxes at this 
meeting, with Henry Rolfe and Jeremiah Richardson as bondsmen. 
This meeting was adjourned to the meeting house in Rumford. It 
was voted to choose two selectmen and assessors, and the meeting 
accordingly elected Abel Wheeler and Kimball Martin. The ])oard- 
ing and shingling of the meeting house, as done by Francis Keyes, 
were accepted. At an adjourned meeting in January, the town voted 
in favor of the erection of a new county, as petitioned for by Levi 
Hublinrd nnd others. 

1805. In eighteen lumdred and five, the town meeting was held 
in the new meeting house. Joshua Graham was chosen collector 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 63 

aud constable. The new names on the record of this year were 
Abraham Howe, Nathan Silver, Kimball Martin, Hezekiah Hutchins, 
Wm. Godwin, Josiah Hall, John E. Adams and William Wheeler. 
School committee chosen, Francis Keyes, Joshna Graham and John 
Whittemore. One hundred and fifty dollars were raised for schools, 
one hundred for town charges, and eight hundred for roads, one 
hundred dollars to be laid out in winter at fifty cents per day. 
Jacob Farnum, John Whittemore and Benjamin Farnum were made 
a committee on accounts. A road was accepted from Ephraim 
Colby's to the mouth of Ellis river. Fifty dollars were raised for 
the purchase of military stores. James Sullivan for Governor, had 
forty-nine votes, and Caleb Story, fourteen. The town treasurer 
was authorized to take James C. Harper's note for the balance of 
taxes collected by him, payable in one year with interest. A road 
was accepted leading from Ebenezer Virgin's to Samuel Hinkson's ; 
also several other minor roads. It was voted to sell at auction the 
timber on the easterly side of the brook that falls into Nathan 
Hunting's mill pond, and the same was struck off to Hunting at one 
hundred dollars. The town voted in favor of Paris as the shire 
town and against the pretensions for Fryeburg. 

1806. At the meeting in eighteen hundred and six, Francis 
Keyes was again elected chairman of the Board of Selectmen, but 
declined to serve. He was re-elected clerk. Joshua Graham was 
continued as collector. Benjamin Lufkin and Jeremiah Hall were 
among the new officers. School districts were authorized to choose 
their own agents. One hundred and sixty dollars were raised for 
schools and the usual amount for other purposes. Weights and 
measures for the use of the town were provided this year at a cost 
of fifty-four dollars. William Wheeler procured a jury box for the 
use of the town. A meeting was held September fifteenth, aud it 
was voted to build a bridge across Ellis river near the mouth, the 
job to be set up at auction and completed within one year. Nathan 
Hunting, Kimball Martin and Daniel Knight were made a committee 
on location. It was voted that the burying yard be cleared, fenced 
on three sides with logs, and the fourth with boards. At an ad- 
journed meeting, the bridge committee reportetl in favor of erecting 
it at the point where the river was forded, and that the bridge 
should l)e supported on three piers. The bridge was ])uilt by 
Richai«d Estes, and one hundred and seventy dollars paid therefor. 



64 HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

1807. At the meeting in eighteen hundred and seven, Francis 
Keyes was again elected clerk and chairman of the selectmen. 
William AVheeler bid off the taxes and was made constable. Nine- 
ty dollars were raised for town charges, eight hundred dollars for 
waj's, and one hundred and seventy dollars for schools. John 
Thompson's name is mentioned this year in the town records. 
James Sullivan had fifty votes for Governor, Caleb Strong eight, 
and Levi Lincoln two. A meeting was held April sixth, to con- 
sider the question of separation from Massachusetts, and resulted 
in tifty-seven votes in favor and live opposed. Dorcas AVinkley, a 
pauper, was set up at auction, and her support for one year struck 
off to Cotton Elliott, at seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents. 
A committee was appointed to report a readjustment of the school 
districts iu Kumford ; at a subsequent meeting this committee made 
a report which was accepted. Nathan Hunting was authorized to 
make a door for the meeting house and hang the same ; also to 
make the window frames and sashes and procure and set the glass, 
for all which he should be paid twenty-five dollars. The bridge 
built across Ellis river was accepted. 

1808. William AVheeler was chosen moderator at the March 
meeting of one thousand eight hundred and eight, and Jackson 
Graham, clerk. The highway surveyors this year, were Daniel 
Martin, Benj. Elliot, Colton Elliot, Daniel Knight, Israel Putnam^ 
Osgood Eaton, Abel AVheeler, Stephen Farnum, John Kimball, 
Enoch Adams and John Rolfe. Sixty dollars were raised for 
town charges, two hundred for schools, eight hundred for roads and 
twenty for supiwrt of poor. It was voted that one-third of the 
money be expended for women's school, and the balance for men's. 
Simon A^'irgin was collector this year. Joshua Graham was chosen 
agent to represent the town at a court of common pleas to be held 
at Paris. A road was discontinued from the foot of Daniel Knight's 
Hill to Simon A'^irgin's house. It was voted to build a town i)Ound 
within twenty rods of the meeting house. A'^oted to raise eighteen 
dollars to pay the minute men. 

1809. Joshua (iraliam was elected clerk in eighteen hundred 
and nine. Kdmund Page was chosen collector. It was voted that 
the selectmen serve as school committee. Two hundred and fifty 
dollars were raised for schools, and for other purposes, the same as 
last year. The survey of a road was reported leading from Eph- 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 65 

raim Colby's on the upland, to Jesse Duston's shop. Levi Lincoln 
had fifty-two votes for Governor, and Christopher Gore had twenty- 
four. It was voted to give Nathan Adams fifty dollars besides his 
and his son's taxes, to build a comfortable wheel road from Ellis 
River, by his house to the west line of the town. Benjamin Simp- 
son, William Simpson, Stephen Hodsdon and Hezekiah Hutchins 
are mentioned in the record of this year. Nathaniel F. Higgins 
was allowed for three pails used as camp kettles. 

1810 Hezekiah Hutchins was chosen moderator, and for high- 
way surveyors, Simon Virgin, Colman Godwin, Stephen Putnam, 
Jr., Aaron Stevens, Nathan Silver, Hezekiah Hutchins, Stephen 
Farnum, John Kimball, Samuel Farnum, John Howe, Benjamin 
Sweat and Nathaniel Farnum. John Rolfe was chosen collector 
and constable. One hundred dollars were raised for town charges, 
two hundi'ed and fifty for schools, one thousand for roads and one 
hundred for the support of the gospel, and Hezekiah Hutchins, Wm. 
Wheeler and Joshua Graham were made a committee to hire a min- 
ister. The selectmen were authorized to manage with Mrs. Wink- 
ley and her children as they should think best. The following 
stands on the record : "This may certify whom it may concern that 
the Methodist P^piscopal church in the town of Rumford have made 
choice of Abel Wheeler and Ebenezer Virgin for the time being, to 
form a committee with the public teacher of said church to give cer- 
tificates to those who usually attend on the administration of the 
word in such manner as the law directs." 

Joshua Randal, Preacher. 

Wm. Wheeler was chosen agent to look after a road indictment 
found against the town. It was voted to build a bridge over Con- 
cord River, and the job was struck off to Luther Bean for ninety 
dollars. 

It was voted to give Rev. Samuel R. Hall two hundred and fifty 
dollars, sixty in money and the balance in produce, per year, so 
long as he should be able to perform his duties in the town as Con- 
gregational minister ; conditioned that he should relinquish all right 
to the ministerial lands within the town. It was voted that Mr. 
Hall might be absent four Sundays in a year, and a church commit- 
tee was chosen, consisting of Nathan Adams, Peter C. Virgin, 
Hezekiah Hutchins, Benj. Farnum and Daniel Knight. It was 
voted to ask the Legislature for permission to dispose of the public 

5 



66 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

lands, and that Francis Kej^es, William Wheeler, Daniel Knight, 
Nathan Adams, Josluia CJraliam, Hezekiah Hutehins and Peter C. 
Virgin, be a board of trustees to have charge of the funds arising 
from such sale. The town was represented in the General Court 
this year for the first time. William Wheeler was elected, receiA'- 
ing thirt3'-seven out of forty-eight votes. In Francis Keyes' account 
for laying a road, he charged "paid William Witt for rum, sixty- 
seven cents., and paid P^squire Smith for rum, one dollar." 

1811. Francis Keyes was again chosen clerk, and John Kolfe 
constable and collector. Three hundred dollars were raised for 
schools, eight hundred for roads, one hundred for town charges, and 
one hundred for preaching. The selectmen were authorized to draw 
an order on the treasury for tlie minister tax to the amount of the 
taxes of those who, in their opinion, will conscientiously pay such 
taxes, and tliat the warrant be drawn in favor of a committee chosen 
by the Methodists. The Concord river bridge was completed and 
accepted. A list of jurors was accepted, made up as follows : 
Philip Abbot, Enoch Adams, Nathan Adams, Benj. Elliot, Osgood 
Eaton, Daniel Farnum, Zebediah Farnum, Jacob Farnum, Benj. 
Farnum, Joshua Graham, John Howe, Hezekiah Hutehins, Nathan 
Hunting, Francis Kej'es, Daniel Knight, Kimball Martin, Jeremiah 
Richardson, Edmund Page, William Virgin, Eben Virgin, William 
Wheeler and Abel Wheeler. And of petit jurors : Henry Abl)ot, 
Jeremiah Virgin, Nathan Adams, Jr., Luther Bean, Cotton Elliot, 
Stephen Farnum, Jeremiah Farnum, John Farnum, Samuel Farnum, 
Nathaniel Farnum, Increase Dolly, Daniel Greenleaf, William 
Godwin, Aaron Graham, Samuel Hinkson, Phineas Howe, Ezra 
Hoyt, Abraham Howe, Robert Hinkson, John Kimball, Joseph 
Lufkin, Dnniel Martin, Stephen Putnam, Jr., Jonathan Stevens, 
Samuel I'utnam, Israel Putnam, Aaron Stevens, Benj. Sweat, 
Samuel Stevens, Nathan lirovvn, Simon Virgin, Phineas Wood and 
Joel Howe. 

1812. Cohnan CJoodwin l)i(l off the taxes and was chosen con- 
stable. Aiiioi.g the highway survej'ors were Samuel (ioss, Caleb 
Eastni.'in, John W. Farnum and John Puffer. For school commit- 
tee the town made choice of Peter C. Virgin, Joshua Graham, Dan- 
iel Kr.iglit, A\ |!i:iin Wheeler, Joseph Wardwell, Nathan Adams, 
Enoch Ad:ims and Rev. Samuel R. Ilall. One year's salary was 
voted to Rev. Samuel R. Hall. Three huadred dollars were raised 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 67 

for schools, ami the usual sums for other purposes. "Voted Isaac 
W. Clisby, for keeping Samuel Clark forty-two weeks, nineteen 
dollars and sixty-four cents." A representative to the General 
Court was again chosen this year, and William Wheeler was elected, 
receiving fifty-four out of seventy-nine votes cast. It was voted 
that the pay of the soldiers detached for the service of the United 
States, be made up to ten dollars per mouth, from the town treas- 
ury'. Peter C. Virgin was chosen agent to answer to the indictment 
found against the road from the meeting house to Swift river bridge ; 
also voted that the same agent answer to the charge against the 
town for disposing of twenty pounds of gunpowder. 

1813. William AVheeler Avas chosen town clerk, and C'olman 
Godwin, collector. The usual amount of money was raised, includ- 
ing two hundred and lifty dollars for Rev. Samuel 11. Hall. The 
support of Samuel Clark was struck off to Francis Smart at fifty 
cents per week. Ephraim Carter's name appears on the record. 
William Phillips had thirty votes for Lieut. -Governor, and William 
King had fifty-eight. For Governor, Caleb Strong had thirty-six 
votes, and Joseph B. Farnum, sixty. It was voted to build a house 
for a town magazine, to stand on the land of Colman Godwin. 
Voted not to send a representative to the Legislature. John Swain's 
name appears. Another indictment had been found against a road 
and Peter C. Virgin Avas instructed to look after it. 

1814. David Kimball bid off the taxes to collect for nothing, 
and was chosen constable. The school committeemen were Peter 
C. Virgin, Abel Wheeler and Dr. Benjamin Flint. The support of 
Samuel Clark while a minor, Avas struck off to Phineas Wood for 
what work he could make him do. Just one hundred votes Avere 
thrown for Governor this year, of Avhich Caleb Strong had thirty- 
nine, and Samuel Dexter sixty-one. Colman Godwin was chosen 
sexton. Voted "that every man shall kill his thistles." A bridge 
across Ellis river was provided for and the job struck oft' to Phineas 
Wood at two hundred dollars. At a meeting in September, I^eter 
C. Virgin Avas chosen collector of taxes, and Francis Smart, con- 
stable. A new road was accepted this year to connect with the new 
Ellis river bridge. At a meeting holden March 29, 1815, it Avas 
voted to give Rev. Daniel Gould a call to settle over the Congre- 
gational church, and a committee was chosen to communicate with 
him. 



68 HISTOIiY OF ItUMFORD. 

1815. William Wheeler was made clerk, aud Ephraim Powers, 
collector and constable. Elijah Mausur was one of the highway 
surveyors. The usual sums were raised for various purposes. 
Voted it inexpedient to send a representative to the Legislature. 
At a meeting in November, Joshua Graham was chosen collector 
and constable. Voted unanimously in favor of separation from 
Massachusetts. 

1816. David Kimball was chosen collector aud constable. The 
highway surveyors were Eben Virgin, Jr., James Godwin, Joshua 
Graham, David Farnum, Jeremiah Virgin, William AVheeler, John 
Swain, Aaron Virgin, Kimball Martin, John DoUoff, John Kimball, 
Elijah Mansur and Aaron Stevens. Survej'ors of lumber : Aarou 
Virgin, Daniel Knight, Nathan Adams, Jr., Ezra Hoyt, John 
Thompson and Rufus Virgin. Voted that William Virgin, Osgood 
Eaton, Nathan Brown, Jeremiah Richardson, Robert and Samuel 
Hinkson, John Swain, Joseph Hall, Caleb P^astman, Moses and 
Daniel Carlton, with their farms, constitute in part the eighth 
school district. On the question of separation, the town voted in 
favor, fifty-four votes ; against, eighteen. Peter C. Virgin was 
elected representative. 

1817. Edmund Page agreed to collect the taxes without com- 
pensation, and was elected collector and constable. The names of 
Francis Cushman, Charles Adams, Samuel Bartlett, Samuel Lufkiu, 
Asa Graham and Wade Moor, appear on the records. For Gover- 
nor, William King had fifty-seven votes, and William Phillips forty- 
five. Voted to re-fence the burying ground, and have a gate with 
iron hinges. Phineas Wood agreed to do the job for sixteen dol- 
lars. Among the town's poor set up at auction this year were 
Burry, Melinda and Susanna Colby. The support of Ephraim Colby 
was also set-up and bid off by Hezekiah Hutchins, at two dollars 
and fifty cents per week, "to be moved as soon as Dr. Joseph 
Adams says he can be." At the same meeting, a committee was 
appointed to confer with the town of Bethel, respecting the legal 
residence of these Colbys. 

1818. John E. Adams was chosen collector and constable. 
Samuel Putnam, Jr., Stephen I*utnam, Jr., Merrill Farnum, Otis 
Howe, Wm. Frost, Joseph H. Wardwell and George Graham, were 
chosen hog-reeves. Two hundred dollars were raised for schools, 
and one thousand for roads. It was voted that the law restricting 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 69 

the killing of snipe should be repealed. It was voted to re-district 
the town for school purposes. Peter C. Virgin was re-elected rep- 
resentative, receiving thirty votes to ten for Daniel Knight. 

1819. Peter C. Virgin was elected clerk, and also treasurer. 
Alvan Bolster's name appears first on the record this year ; also 
Obadiah Kimball, Samuel Rolfe, Solomon Cushman and Osgood E. 
Virgin. Four hundred dollars were raised for schools. Peter C. 
Virgin was elected delegate from Rumford to the convention in 
Portland, to form a constitution for the new State of Maine. "Wil- 
liam King had eighty-eight votes for Governor. Peter C. Virgin 
had ninety-one votes for representative to the first Maine Legisla- 
ture, John Thompson had thirty-one, and Zebediah Farnum had 
one. 



CHAPTER XI. 

DIRECT TAX OF 1816. 

^^N 1816, a direct tax was assessed on the real estate of the 
^^ country to meet the expenses of the war with England, which 
had just closed. The total tax was three millions of dollars, and 
was provided for by act of Congress passed May 5th, 1816. Joseph 
Howard of Brownfield, was collector for the county, and for the 
sub-district which included Rumford, the tax was collected by 
Ebenezer Poor, Esq., of Andover. The proportion of Oxford 
county was S5, 585. 31. The list for Rumford which is here given, 
shows the number and names of real estate owners in town at the 
time, and also conveys some idea of the financial condition of each ; 
but as personal property was not taxed, it only gives an approxi- 
mation of each. There were, doubtless, citizens of Rumford at 
this time who were not possessed of real estate, and consequently 
their names do not appear. 

Names of Taxable Persons. Value. Tax. 

Philip Abbot .|!l,786 $3 83 

Jacob Abbot 1,985 4 37 

David Abbot 794 1 76 

Henrj- Abbot 49(5 1 09 

Xathan Adams. Jr 2,184 4 80 

Charles Adams 292 66 

Jehu E. Adams 1,405 3 19 



70 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

yames of Taxable Persons. Value. Tax 

vToel Austin 23G 

Nathan l?io\vii 595 

Dimiel Can- ^^97 

.Daniel Ciirlton "5 

"!i<:bt"n Abbot 200 

Natlianitil Abbot 248 

Ephraim Carter 595 

hnrea.se Dolly -^97 

John Dane ^597 

IJiehanl Dollott" & Son 3,^584 

Benjamin Elliot & Son "34 

Cotton Elliot 1,170 

Osgood Eaton 1,318 

Caleb Eastman 397 

Francis S . ( ushman 209 

Benjamin Farnuni 1,!)89 

David Farnum 1,5!>>'^ 

Jacob Farnum 7'.)4 

Stephen Fariuun 49G 

Jeremiah Farnum 794 

John \V. Farnum 198 

Charles Ford 1 i9 

Dr. Benjamin Flint 297 

Zebediah Farntun 992 

Samuel Faiimm 347 

Moses Carlton 75 

Aaron Graham ^'^^1 

George Graham 035 

James Godwin 094 

Colman Godwin 430 

Daniel Greeulief 297 

Israel or Timothy Glines 357 

Chandler Glines 297 

Eli.^ha Goddard ={74 

Abraham llowe 1,240 

Kol)ert Ilinkson 1,050 

Sanuiel Hinkson 040 

Phinelias Howe 1,837 

John Howe, Jr 590 

Josf^ph Adams, for the Hutchius place 940 

David llutchins, Jr 595 

David llutchins, 3d 

Jeremiah Hall ^34 

Joseph Hall 747 

Ezra Hovt 153 

Hey.ekiali Hutchins 1-19 

John Howe ^93 

Joel Howe -190 

Eli llowe 397 

Sanuiel I.ufkin l-f9 

Daniel Ho(l<>don ■^57 

Mo.ses Kiml)all ••• 1,1^1 

Moses Kiml)all, ,lr 400 

Samuel Kni«.(ht 107 

Daniel Knight i>;f5 

Francis Keves 2,* (9 

John Kimball 1 ,797 

Daniel Martin 797 

Kimball Martin l.^>^9 

Benjamin Morse 20 



58 


1 31 


88 


17 


44 


55 


1 31 


97 


87 


3 05 


1 62 


2 58 


2 92 


87 


46 


4 38 


3 50 


1 75 


1 09 


1 76 


44 


33 


05 


2 18 


77 


17 


2 09 


1 39 


1 53 


95 


65 


79 


65 


82 


2 73 


2 31 


1 42 


4 02 


1 31 


2 07 


1 31 


1 83 


1 05 


33 


33 


1 97 


1 09 


88 


33 


79 


2 51 


1 02 


30 


1 40 


12 


3 90 


1 70 


3 30 


06 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 71 

Names of Taxable Persons. Value. Tax. 

William Morse 198 44 

Elijah Mansur 694 1 53 

Wade Moor 200 44 

Samuel Bartlett 200 44 

Aaron Marean 209 46 

Stephen Putnam 972 2 18 

Israel Putnam 820 1 80 

Samuel Putnam 794 1 76 

Edmund Page 1,786 3 93 

Stephen Putnam, Jr 94 21 

John and James McAlister 200 44 

Jeremiah Kichardsou 626 1 37 

Joshua Kipley 357 79 

Henry Rolf 1,489 3 28 

Samuel Kolf 146 31 

John Polf 447 99 

Nathaniel Rolf 200 44 

Nathan Silver 688 1 52 

Samuel Stevens 567 1 24 

Aaron Stevens 496 1 09 

Jonathan Stevens 297 65 

Benjamin Simpson 39 09 

William Simpson 198 44 

Samuel Simpson 595 i 31 

Stephen G. Stevens 608 1 38 

John Swain 642 1 41 

Benjamin Sweat 545 1 20 

Francis Smart 198 44 

Job Tyler I54 34 

Jeremiah Virgin 416 91 

Eben Virgin 9 92 2 18 

William Virgin 1,136 2 50 

Elijah Virgin 893 1 97 

Simon Virgin 893 1 97 

Peter C. Virgin 99 22 

Aaron Virgin 247 53 

Ebenezer Virgin 1,090 2 40 

Rufus Virgin 245 1 20 

Abel Wheeler 992 2 18 

Wilham Wheeler 2,250 4 95 

Phinehas Wood 1,654 3 64 

Joseph Wardwell 992 2 18 



CHAPTER XI L 

Al'.STRACT OF TOWN RECORDS. 1820 TO 18G7. 

1820. Curtis P. Howe was choseu collector aud eoustable. 
Three hundred dollars were raised for scliools, one tliousaud for 
roads. Voted that all the lauds belonging to Charles Walker, Esq., 
of Concord, all of John Bradley of Fryeburg, all of John Chandler 
of Boseawen, all of Nathaniel aud Jacob P^astman, shall lie taxed 
towards buildiug a school house in the lirst district. AVilliam King 
had eighty-eight votes for Governor, the entire number thrown. 

1821. 'i'hrec luindred and six dollars were raised for schools. 
Voted that the selectmen be paid for their services, in wheat, corn 
and rye, and that the school tax be paid in the same produce. The 
price of wheat was fixed at eight shillings per bushel, corn at one 
dollar, and rye at seventy-five cents. Fifteen hundred dollars were 
raised for the repair of roads. Voted that yoked swine be allowed 
to run at large. Among the new names in the record this year 
were: John Wheeler, Ephraim Carter, Jeremiah Eaton, Elisha 
Goddard, Asa Howard, Baxter Lyon, John Estes, 2d, and Henry 
C. Rolfe. Hezekiah Hutchins was chosen collector and constable. 
The selectmen were authorized to build a bridge across the mouth 
of Concord Kiver. For Governor, vMbion K. Parris had fifty-three 
votes, Ezekiel Whitman twenty-nine, and Joshua Wingate twelve. 
Peter C. Virgin was re-elected representative. Solomon Crockett 
and Joshua Craham were licensed as retailers of strong liquors out 
of their stores ; also Wm. Wheeler. 

1822. Aaron Graham was chosen collector and constable. 
'I'hree hundred and seven dollars were raised for schools, and one 
tliousand for roads. Voted that hereafter the annual meeting shall 
]je held on the second Monday in March. The support of Mary 
Hemingway was set up at auction, and bid off by Zebediah Faruum 
at two shillings per week. Ann Farnum and Charlotte Lamb were 
also disposed of in the same way ; the former was bid oft' by Samuel 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 73 

Lufkiu at six cents per week, and the latter by Hazediah Silver at 
two shillings. Voted to bnild a house for ammunition. Governor 
Parris had fifty-four votes for re-election, and Ezekiel Whitman 
forty-seven. For Senator, Samuel Small had ninety^three votes, 
and Peter C. Virgin seventy- four. The following persons were 
licensed to sell strong liquors : Joshua Graham, Alvan Bolster, 
Philip Abbot, Francis Cushman, Solomon Crockett and Benj. 
Morse. A town pound was built and accepted. It was voted to 
resist in the suit brought by Bethel for the support of Burry Colby. 

1823. Henry C. Rolfe was elected collector and constable. 
Among the new names in the record are Asaph Brown, Alansou 
Hinkley, Jonathan S. Millett, Isaac Rolfe, James B. Greenleaf, 
Leavitt Virgin, Porter Kimball, Jeremiah Hall and Jesse Putnam. 
Money was raised the same as last year. Jonathan S. Millett was 
a young physician from Norway, and had just settled in this town. 
Jonathan Stevens was allowed twenty dollars for the support of his 
daughter, Sally Stevens of Number 7. 

1824. Colman Godwin was elected constable and collector. 
The number of school committeemen was this year reduced from 
five to three, and Peter C. Virgin, Joseph Adams and Jonathan S. 
Millett were elected. Saint Luke Morse was chosen sexton. 
Money was raised in amount the same as last year. Moses F. 
Kimball was elected representative. 

1825. Three hundred and forty dollars were raised for the sup- 
port of schools. Gates or bars were allowed on certain roads, 
among others the one leading from Ephraim Carter's to William 
Chamberlain's. The support of Belinda Colby and child was set 
up at auction. Caleb Eastman was allowed twenty dollars for the 
support of his father, Stilson Eastman. Three hundred dollars 
were voted for town expenses. Moses F. Kimball, Alvan Bolster 
and Joshua Graham were licensed as inn-holders. Solomon Crock- 
ett, Thomas Crocker, Francis Cushman and Aaron Stevens were 
licensed as retailers of strong liquors. The town lines were peram- 
bulated by the selectmen this year. 

1826. Nehemiah Putnam was chosen collector and constable. 
Voted to choose a committee to examine a place and draw a plan 
of a bridge across Ellis River ; chose Nathan Knapp, Rufus Virgin 
and Colman Godwin. The bridge was located below Asa Howard's 



74 HISTORY OF BUM FOB D. 

shop, and the job was bid off by Phineas Wood. At a subsequent 
meetiug, it was voted to build the bridge on the site of the old oue. 
Only fifty-three votes were thrown for Governor, all but oue for 
Enoch Lincoln. 

1827. The usual amount of money was raised for various pur- 
poses. Tlie selectmen were instructed to place guide boards where 
the Slime should be needed, the price of each not to exceed fifty 
cents. Enoch Lincoln had thirty-three votes for Governor, this 
being the whole number thrown. It was voted to give the old meet- 
ing house to Asa Graham, Ilenr}' Martin and their associates for 
ever, reserving the right to use the house for tlie transaction of 
town business. 

1828. Nathan Abbott was chosen collector and constable. 
Among the new names were Simeon Fuller, Simeon Farnum, John 
M. Brown, Robert C. Kimball, James Farrington, David Elliott, 
Otis C. Bolster, Isaac N. Stanley, Daniel Hall and Timothy J. 
Carter. The school committee this year was made up of Peter C. 
Virgin, Timothy J. Carter and Curtis P. Howe. Voted to accept 
the road leading from William Chamberlain's to George Graham's, 
as a "bridle road." 

1829. Daniel Martin, Jr., bid off the collection of taxes, and 
was chosen constable. Three hundred and fifty dollars were voted 
for schools, "including the school fund." It was voted to bind out 
the child of Churchill Cobb, and that the selectmen take care of the 
family of Joseph Chase. Asa Abbott's family were set up at auc- 
tion, and their support bid off by various persons. Nehemiah 
Putnam was voted twenty-five dollars on account of breaking his 
arm from defective road. Samuel E. Smith had ninety-two votes 
for Governor, and Jonathan G. Hunton had fifty-nine. For rep- 
resentative to the Legislature, Francis Cushmau had seventy-four 
votes, Curtis P. Howe thirty-nine, and Alvan Bolster forty-four. 
At a sebsequent meeting, Francis Cushman had seventy-nine, Curtis 
1*. Ilowe sixty-five, and Alvan Bolster one. 

1830. Four hundred dollars were ap})ropriated for schools. 
School committee chosen, Peter C. Virgin, Simeon Fuller and Sul- 
livtin S. Rawson. Asa Graham was chosen constable anil collector. 
A lengthy report was made l»y the connnittee appointed to redistrict 
the town for school purposes, which was accepted. The town lines 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 75 

were again perambulated. At a meeting in August, Wm. Frost 
was chosen collector of taxes. A chest was authorized for the 
selectmen, and a desk for the town clerk, in which to keep the 
town's books and papers. One hundred and eighty-one votes were 
thrown at the election meeting this year. Four hundred and fifty 
dollars were raised to defray the expenses of a lawsuit with the 
town of Peru. 

1831. Moses F. Kimball was chosen town agent. William 
Frost was chosen collector, and he and David B. Glines constables. 
Barzilla Streeter Gobi) was indentured by the selectmen to Hezikiah 
Hutchius, Jr. ; he was the son of Churchill Cobb. A movement 
was made this year for the purchase of a town farm. A committee 
was appointed to settle the accounts of Aaron ^'^irgin, a former town 
treasurer. The selectmen were instructed to call a meeting of dele- 
gates from the towns and plantations in this representative district, 
for the purpose of making an apportionment for the next ten years. 
Samuel E. Smith had ninety-six votes for Governor, and Daniel 
Goodenow seventy-five. 

1832. Lyman Rawson was elected one of the selectmen. Fif- 
teen hundred dollars were appropriated for roads, and two hundred 
and fifty dollars for town expenses. A report was made of the 
ministerial and school funds belonging to the town, and held by 
parties in the town, amounting to two thousand four hundred seventy 
dollars and forty cents. Voted four hundred and nine dollars for 
schools. Samuel E. Smith had one hundred and four votes for 
Governor. Eliza Bellows became a pauper and the selectmen were 
authorized to notify Bridgton, where she probably belonged. 

1833. The same amount of money was raised for various town 
purposes as was raised last year. It was voted to fence the several 
burying yards in town. New names mentioned are David and 
Timothy Holt, Josiah Parker, Simon Parlin, Warren Mansur, John 
DoUoff and William R. Hemmingway. Francis Hemmingway was 
voted a sum for saving Concord river bridge in 1830 and 1831. 
Joshua Graham was collector and constable. Otis C. Bolster had 
seventy-four votes for representative, and Robert P. Dunlap one 
hundred and eight fo-r Governor. Voted to allow David A. Godwin 
for caring for Concord river bridge. 

1834. Voted to raise the usual sum for schools and for other 



76 HISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 

town purposes. Joshua Graluun was re-elected collector and treas- 
urer. Jane Milliken was among the paupers whose support was 
sold at auction. Voted that the act authorizing the division of the 
ministerial and school funds he put in force. Robert P. Dunlap 
had one hundred and twenty-six votes for Governor, and Peleg 
Sprague eighty-four. Alvan Bolster had one hundred and twenty- 
eight votes for representative to the Legislature ; Otis C. Bolster 
had eighty-six. At a meeting September eighth, it was voted to 
dismiss Rev. Daniel Gould as minister of the town. A suit between 
the town and New Portland was provided for. 

1835. The appropriations of money were essentially the same 
as last year. Joshua CJrahara was continued as collector and con- 
stable. James McCrillis and Ira Elkins are new names on the 
records ; also John M. Eustis. For representative, Richard T. 
Lurvey had ninety-three votes, and Rowse Bisbee had fifty-seven. 
These candidates lived in Woodstock. The ministerial fund of the 
town was reported at two thousand six hundred and five dollars, 
and the school fund at seven hundred dollars. 

1836. Lyman Rawson was chosen town agent, and Simeon 
Fuller, Nathan Sheldon and Elijah AValker, school committee. 
Joshua Graham again bid off the collectorship and was elected con- 
stable. Appropriations were made the same as last year. The 
selectmen were authorized to look after the management of the 
ferries in town. It was voted that the selectmen receive the minis- 
isterial and school funds from the trustees, and assume the duties 
of trustees hereafter. 

1837- Timothy Walker's name is among the list of minor town 
officers this year. Joshua Graham was elected collector and con- 
stable. School agents were chosen as follows : Elien Virgin, 2d, 
for number one, Stephen G. Stevens for two, William Hill for three, 
Josiah Parker for four, John Howe for five, Samuel Lufkin for six, 
Asa S. Howard for seven, John Dolloff for eight, Jesse Putnam for 
nine, El)enezer Virgin for ten, Wade ]Moor for eleven, and Enoch 
Stiles for twelve. Voted that the poor for this year be left in care 
of the selectmen. This vote was reconsidered, and the whole num- 
ber of paupers were set up at auction and bid off by Phineas Wood, 
at three hundred and fifty dollars. Two thousand dollars were 
raised for roads, and five hundred for town charges. Dr. Elijah 
Walker's name ai>pears on the records. Joshua T. Hall was elected 



HISTORY OF BUMFOED. 77 

ageut to go to Augusta and receive the surplus revenue belonging 
to the town. Voted to keep said revenue as a fund, and never 
spend any part of it. Voted that the treasurer loan said revenue to 
persons giving good security, in sums not exceeding one hundred 
and not less than twenty-five dollars, interest to be paid in advance. 
The total amount of the money received was eighteen hundred sev- 
enty dollars and forty-four cents. As the amount received was a 
fraction over one dollar and sixty-six cents for each person, the 
population of Rumford at this time was about eleven hundred and 
twenty-five. The names of the persons who hired the money of the 
town in sums varying from twenty-five to eighty-five dollars, were 
David Colby, Jacob Abbot, Stephen Faruum, Jr., Asa S. Howard, 
Henry Abbot, Jacob Putnam, Colman Godwin, Asa Graham, Chas. 
E. Virgin, Osgood Eaton, Daniel G. Abbot, Simeon O. Reynolds, 
David F. Adams, Francis Cushman, Generous Ames, Simon Parlin 
and Enoch Knapp. At a meeting June 20th, it was voted to dis- 
tribute the surplus revenue. At a meeting July eight, it was voted 
that the town use a portion of the surplus revenue to pay the pauper 
bill due New Vineyard, and the debt of one hundred and fifteen 
dollars and fifteen cents due Aaron Stevens. Gorham Parks had 
one hundred and twenty-five votes for Governor, and Edward Kent 
seventy-seven. Lyman Rawson had one hundred and eighteen votes 
for representative to the Legislature, Spencer Drake seventy-nine, 
and Joseph Lufkin two. 

1838. Chose Joshua Graham collector, constable and town 
treasm-er. Among the nevr names on the record were Enoch Perry, 
Philip Hoyt, Peter D. Brackett, Benj. W. Stevens, Daniel Hodsdon, 
Abel Chapman, Jr., John Thomas, Harmon Eastman, Josiah Keyes, 
James Merrill and Luther Trumbull. Voted to divide the surplus 
revenue per capita without security, and that it be done in August 
next. Six hundred dollars were raised for town charges, and the 
usual amount for other purposes. The town's poor, consisting of 
Bartlett Hutchins, Burry Colby, Charlotte Virgin, Samuel Morse 
and family, Wm. H. Stevens, wife and children, Olive Hinkson. 
William Chew and Seth Puffer, were disposed of in various ways. 
Wm. R. Hemmingway bid off the contract to fence the town bury- 
ing grounds. Money was raised this year to make good the amount 
of the surplus revenue used by the town. John Fairfield had one 
hundred and sixty-eight votes for Governor, and P>dward Kent one 
hundred and fifteen. 



78 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

1839. Timothy Walker was chosen constable and collector. 
For school committee, Albion K. Knapp, Peter C. Virgin and Hlliot 
Kichmoiul. Two thousand dollars were raised ioc roads, and the 
usual amount for other purposes. Timothy Walker, Samuel Barker, 
William Kyle, AVilliam W. Farnum, Jeremiah Richardson, Charles 
E. Virgin, Eliab Richardson, Joseph Lufkin, Otis C. Bolster, Eben 
Abbot, Enos Abbot and Robert Kimball, were chosen school agents. 
The support of the poor was bid off by Colman Godwin for four 
hundred and fifty dollars. Voted to let out the liuilding of the 
bridge near Abbot's Mills, across Concord river. The selectmen 
were authorized to settle with R. B. Jennings and Col. Silas ]\Ioi"se 
for damage received b}^ them at Rumford Falls. 

1840. Timothy Walker was re-elected collector and constable. 
New names in the record were David Knapp, Calvin Howe, Isaac 
Robinson, Samuel S. Snow, Wm. Ackley, Livermore C. Hall, John 
Clement, Jr. The town agent was instructed to see that a boat be 
kept at the mouth of Swift river ; also to obtain for the use of the 
town, a license of the ferry at Rumford Point. At a meeting in 
July, Jeremiah JMartiu was chosen collector of taxes. At the meet- 
ing for choice of presidential electors, the democrats polled one 
hundred and forty-three votes, and the wliigs one hundred and four- 
teen. 

1841. Samuel B. Bodwell bid off the taxes and was chosen 
constable. It was voted to send Bartlett Hutchins, son of David 
Ilutchins, to the Insane Hospital, if the selectmen think best. Six 
hundred dollars were raised for town expenses, four hundred and 
nine for schools, and two thousand for roads. At an adjourned 
meeting Colman Godwin was elected collector. It was voted that 
"some one go to Alna and get William Stevens' children which are 
there on expense to the town." The support of David King DoUoff 
was bid off by John Dolloft' at tv,o cents per week. Edward Kent 
had one hundred and twenty-two votes for Ciovernor, and John 
Fairlield one hundred and forty-two. A bridgi' was voted across 
Iiog Brook, and Rufus Virgin was appointed to superintend its 
building. Dr. Thomas IJol)erts had settled in town. 

1842. The following school agents were chosen : Jonathan 
Virgin for district number one, William Ackley for number two, 
Peter A. Thompson for number three, David W. Alibot for numl)er 
four, John Howe for numljer five, Sanuiel S. Snow for numl>er six, 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOED. 79 

Francis Cushman for number seven, Wm. M. Morse for number 
eight, Henry C. Rolfe for number nine, Enoch Knapp for number 
ten, John Swain for number eleven, and Asa Green for number 
twelve. One thousand dollars were raised for defraying town 
charges. The pauper bills were very light this year. Colman 
Godwin was chosen collector and constable. The whole number of 
votes cast for Governor was two hundred and fifty-five. For rep- 
resentative to the Legislature, several ballotings were had without 
choice. At the third trial, Amos Dwinal had eighty-four votes, 
Joseph Lufkin fifty-seven, and David Knapp forty-one. At the 
fourth trial, November fourteenth, Mr. Dwinal received one hundred 
and three votes, out of one hundred and eighty-nine. P^leven per- 
sons received votes. At the seventh trial, on January sixteenth, 
Amos Dwinal received one hundred and twenty votes out of one 
hundred and ninety-two. This ended the contest. 

1843. Timothy Walker was chosen town agent, a position he 
had held for several years. Five hundred seventy-seven dollars 
and sixty cents were raised for schools. Colman Godwin was 
again elected collector and constable. Charles A. Kimball bid off 
a portion of the town's poor at four hundred and twenty-three and 
a half dollars. Several had previously been set up singly and dis- 
posed of. Nearly forty persons presented claims against the town 
for various services. The town voted to oppose a road asked for 
across the Androscoggin at East Rumford, unless assurance could 
be given that a bridge should never be asked for. For representa- 
tive, David Knapp had one hundred and eight votes, and Amos 
Dwinal one hundred and nine ; scattering, five. Action was had 
to prevent Moody F. Abbot and others from being annexed to 
Hanover. 

1844. James M. Dolloff was chosen collector and constable. 
The town's poor were disposed of as follows : Mrs. Samuel R. 
Morse and five children to Moses F. Kimball ; David Silver, wife 
and five children to Theodore Russell ; Marion Stevens to John 
Thomas ; Hazen Virgin to Wm. B. Walton ; Charlotte Virgin to II. 
W. Silver; Phebe Virgin toHezekiah Hutchins ; Esther Abbot and 
child to James H. Farnum ; Alphonso DoUoff to Ebenezer Virgin, 
2d ; Nathaniel S. Warren's family left in charge of the overseers of 
the poor ; Charles Dore to Theodore Russell ; E. B. Hutchins to 
David Hutchins ; Lucy Morse to Samuel Morse ; Olive Hinkson to 



80 HISTORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

Asa Abbot; Jeremiah Virgiu to Ebeiiezer Virgin, 2d: Beiij. Allen 
and wife to Benj. Allen, Jr. ; the sick McAllister girl in Harrison, 
to the care of the selectmen ; subsequently this was reconsidered, 
and the whole were set up together and bid off by Heur}^ C. Rolfe 
for three hundred and three dollars. 

1845. Dr. James Bullock was chosen collector of taxes and 
constable. The additions to the poor list this year were Jacob 
Puffer, wife and children, George F. Moody, and widow Peavy. 
The usual amounts were raised for town and other purposes. At a 
meeting holden April seventh, resolutions were passed in favor of 
temperance, and against licensing an}^ person to sell liquor in town 
other than for medical and mechanical purposes. This meeting 
was presided over by Timothy Walker, and it was voted that the 
selectmen carry out the spirit of the resolutions by prosecuting 
every person violating the same. It was voted to build a pound 
near the Center Meeting House. Several disputes with regard to 
lines were settled this year, and placed on record. 

1846. The poor of the town this year were left in charge of the 
selectmen. Fourteen hundred and fourteen dollars were appropri- 
ated for town expenses, and the usual amounts for other purposes. 
Colman Godwin was again chosen collector of taxes. The claim of 
Roxbury for the support of Jonathan S. Bunker, deceased, was left 
to the care of the selectmen. It was voted not to purchase a town 
farm for the support of the poor. Voted that physicians be em- 
ployed to examine the case of Esther Abbot, and see whether or 
not she has been benefitted by her treatment at the Maine Insane 
Hospital. Several meetings w^ere held to choose a representative 
to the Legislature, and on the fourth trial Alvin Kimball had 
ninety-three votes out of one hundred and seventy-six polled. 
Rufus Virgin had seventy-two. Mr. Kimball was of Mexico. 

1847. For school committee. Dr. Zenas \V. Bartlett, Rev. 
Eliphalet S. Hopkins and Wm. W. Virgiu. Moses F. Kimball 
was elected collector and constable. The poor were again left in 
the hands of the selectmen. It was voted to allow Thomas Carey, 
Nathaniel S. Warren, William Lang, Livingstone Glover, Peter C. 
Virgin, 2d, George A. Ray and Elijah Ray, "what school money 
their children draw, to be expended in schooling their own children." 
Jonathan Virgin and Joshua Graham were licensed to sell liquor 
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annexing tb:it part of the tov/u lying west of VAWa river to Bethel, 
came up again this year, and the town voted to oppose it. For 
Governor, John W. Dana had one hundred and twenty votes, David 
Bronson ninety-five, and Samuel Fessenden six. 

1848. Kliphalet 8. Hopkins, Wni. Vf . Virgin and Henry Abbot 
were elected school committee. Virgin declined to serve and Alvau 
B. Godwin was chosen to fill the vacancy. Benj. Morse, Nathan 
Abbot and Jeremiah Andrews were chosen sextons. Bartholomew 
Coburn was allowed to draw his school mone37 and pay it out in 
Andover. John Poland was set on to another district. James M. 
DoUoff was elected collector and constable. This year, Samuel 
Fessenden's vote for Governor was thirteen, showing a steady gain 
for the Free-Soil party. The Free-Soil electors polled fifteen votes. 

1849. The usual sums were voted for town purposes. James 
M. Dolloff bid off the taxes, and was elected collector and consta- 
ble. The selectmen were authorized to oppose the location of a 
road prayed for by Hiram Ricker and others. The partition fence 
between John and Alvan B. Godwin was adjusted. It was voted 
to open the road from Putnam's Ferry to David W. Abbot's. John 
Hubbard had one hundred and thirty-five votes for Governor, and 
Elijah L. Hamlin eighty-seven. The following were chosen high- 
way survej'ors, the several districts having been numbered the past 
year : James M. Dolloff for district number one ; Jeremiah Martin, 
number two ; Edward Stevens, number three ; Samuel V. Alibot, 
number four ; Charles Carter, number five; ]]enj. F. Virgin, num- 
ber six ; Merrill Farnum, numljer seven ; Daniel F. Putnam, num- 
ber eight ; David W. Abbot, number nine ; Jesse Putiumi, number 
ten; Daniel G. Abbot, number eleven; Joshua T. Hall, number 
twelve ; Stephen Philbrick, ninnber thirteen ; Samuel Arnold, 
number fourteen; Livingston Glover, number fifteen; Oren H. 
Lufkin, number sixteen ; Reuben Farnum, number seventeen ; Ira 
A. Putnam, number eighteen ; Samuel il. Wood, number nineteen ; 
F^liphalet P2. Lufkin, number twenty ; Asa Richardson, number 
twenty-one; John C. Dearborn, number twenty-two; and Wm. H. 
Caldwell, number twenty-three. 

1850. James M. Dolloff was again chosen collector and con- 
stable. Patrick Hoyt was elected clerk. He had already served 
as such a part of the previous year in place of Zenas W. Bartlett, 
resigned. The poor were left in charge of the overseers, as had 

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82 HISTORY OF RUMFOliD. 

been tlie custom for some years. It was voted to paint and repair 
the Center meeting house. Eliphalett 8. Hopkins resigned as 
school committee, May Dtli, and Nathan S. Lufkin was appointed 
to the vacanc}'. 

1851. It was voted to raise three thousand dollars for the 
repair of highways, and the usual amount for schools. The matter 
of guide boards was attended to. Several roads were accepted as 
located bj' the selectmen, one upon the application of Ira A. 
Putnam. 

1852. Dr. Tljomas Roberts was elected clerk, Peter C. Virgin 
treasurer, Alvau B. Godwin school committee and Lyman Rawson 
agent. Voted that no agent be appointed to sell spirituous liquors. 
Barzilla Cui'tis was chosen collector of taxes. For Governor, John 
Hnltbard had one hundred and thirty-six votes, Anson G. Chandler 
one hundred, Wm. G. Crosby lifty-uine and P^zekiel Holmes 1. For 
representative to the Legislature, Timothy Walker had one hundred 
and thirty-nine and Charles E. Virgin one hundred and forty-six. 
A committee was chosen to look after the rebhilding of the bridge 
across Ellis river. 

1853. Otis C. Bolster, David Kimball and Charles E. Virgin 
were chosen selectmen. Charles E. Virgin was chosen collector 
and constable. The selectmen were instructed to deed to Natlianiel 
8. Warren "the farm on which he lives, on tlie payment of fifty 
dollars." For Governor, Albert Pillsbury had one liundred and 
fourteen votes, Wm. G. Cros])y seventy-five, Anson P. Morrill 
seventj'-four and Ezekiel Holmes nine. Peru sent the representa- 
tive this year, and the vote in Rumford stood for Lyman Bolster 
one hundred and fifty-five, to one hundred and fifteen for Stephen 
Gammon. 

1854. Alvan B. Godwin, Hiram Abbot, Jr., Caleb Eastman, 
George G. Martin, James M. Dolloflf and James Bullock were 
chosen constables, and P. W. Abbott, Burt Kidder, Jeremiah 
Andrews, Benj. F. Ford and David Elliot, sextons. Six hundred 
and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents were voted for schools. 
Josei)h E. Colb^' t)id off the taxes and was chosen collector. P'or 
Governor this year the following votes were thrown : for Anson P. 
Morrill, one hundred and twenty-one; Isaac Reed, twenty-nine; 
AU'ion K. Parris one hundred and one, and Shepard Cnry, eleven. 

1855. The selectmen this year were Josepli K. Coll)y. Eryi' II. 



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Hutchins and Johu Martiu. Asa S. Howard was elected town 
agent. Four thousand dollars were appropriated for roads, sixteen 
hundred and fifty for town charges, and what the law required for 
schools. Dr. James Bullock bid off the taxes and was elected col- 
lector and constable. It was voted not to have a liquor agent 
appointed. William Moody was chosen agent to expend money on 
the road between Rumford Falls and John Swain's. A suit was 
pending between Rumford and the town of Industry. Jacob Elliott 
was appointed liquor agent in June. For Governor, Anson P. 
Morrill had one hundred fift3"-three votes, Samuel Wells one hun- 
dred foui'teen, and Isaac Reed fourteen. 

1856. Patrick Hoyt was chosen town agent. Eight hundred 
and fifty dollars were raised for the support of primary' schools. 
James Bullock was continued as collector. Four hundred dollars 
were raised to defra}' the expenses incurred in the suit of Swain 
against Rumford. For Governor, Hannibal Hamlin had one hun- 
dred and seventy-seven votes and Samuel Wells one hundred and 
twenty-three. The republican ticket for electors of President and 
Vice President polled one hundred and seventy-nine votes, and the 
democratic one hundred and four. The town lines were perambu- 
lated this 3'ear. 

1857. Patrick H. Virgin was elected town agent. Timothy 
Walker was elected special agent to look after Rumford matters in 
Augusta. The movement to set off the west end of the town to 
Hanover was renewed. James Bullock again bid off the taxes. 
The rebuilding of Ellis River bridge, which had fallen, again came 
up, and a committee was chosen to look after it. A meeting was 
called at Rumford Point, at which it was voted to relniihl Ellis River 
bridge at the site of the old one, and Alvan Bolster was appointed 
a committee to oversee the work. James Bullock having died, 
Joseph Y.. Colby was appointed, July first, tax collector in his stead. 
For Governor, Lot M. Morrill had one hundred and ninetj^-four 
votes and Mannasseh H. Smith had one hundred twenty-seven. 
January twenty-third, the special agent on Ellis River bridge made 
a final report of his doings, that the bridge was completed, and was 
discharged. 

1858. Elisha F. Goddard was chosen moderator and Hiram 
F. Abbot school committee. A committee consisting of Joseph E. 
Colby, Jeremiah Richardson and David Kimball was chosen "to 



84 . HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

settle and close up all the unsettled business of the towu." Seven 
hundred dollars were raised in addition to other regular appropria- 
tions, to meet the tirst installment due for money raised to rebuild 
Ellis River bridge. Thirty-two lots of land were advertized by the 
collector for non-payment of taxes. The selectmen as a finance 
committee reported outstanding orders against the town, three thou- 
sand and four hundred and five dollars and ninety-nine cents ; 
interest on same, three hundred dollars ; orders drawn last two 
years, four thousand five hundred forty-six dollars and fifty-seven 
cents, and orders renewed, eiglit hundred sixteen dollars and fifty- 
one cents. 

1859. Orrin II. I.ufkin was chosen moderator, James M. 
Dolloff treasurer, Charles A. Kimball agent and Elias B. Richard- 
son school committee. It was voted to purchase a farm for the 
town's poor, and one thousand dollars were raised for support of poor 
and other town expenses. Joseph E. Colby was chosen collector of 
taxes. The surveys of several roads were accepteil. A movement 
was made to divert the school fund and expend it for a town farm, 
but was voted down. The vote in favor of giving the public lands 
to aid in the construction of a railroad to Aroostook stood three in 
favor and sixty-one opposed. 

1860. Dexter I). V,\ Al)i)ot, Patrick Iloyt and Jonathan K. 
INIartin were chosen selectmen, and John Elliot school committee. 
James ]M. Dolloff was elected collector. Three tliousand dollars 
were raised for roads, eight hundred and twenty-five for schools and 
fifteen liundred for town expenses, including poor. Paupers were 
no longer sold at auction, l)ut were cared for l)y the overseers of 
the poor. At a meeting INIarch twenty-fourth, William Irish was 
chosen selectman in i)lace of Dexter D. W. Abbott, resigned. Israel 
Washburue had two hundred and fifteen votes for governor, and 
Ephraim K. Smart one hundred and three. Eor representative, 
Patrick lloyt had two hundred and three, and James M. Dolloff, 
one hundred and eleven. The republican candidates for electors of 
president had one hundred and seventy-three votes, the democratic 
sixty-five and the third party twelve. Tlie selectmen were in- 
structed to settle with former collectors and treasurers. 

1861. Wm. Irish, Jonathan K. Martin and Frye II. Ilutchins 
were chosen selectmen, and Henry F. Howard, scliool committee. 
Five hundred dollars were raised for the support of the poor, and 



HISrOBY OF BUMFOIID. 85 

one thousand to defray town charges. James M. Dolloft: was 
elected treasurer. Israel Washburne had one hundred and seventy- 
three votes for governor, Charles D. Jameson sixty- two and John 
W. Dana twenty-two. At a meeting December seventh, it was 
voted to build a bridge across Swift river. 

1862. Timothy Walker, Frye H. Hutchins and Henry Abbot, 
Jr., were chosen selectmen, Dr. Frank G. Russell school committee. 
Alvan Bolster was chosen collector of taxes. Eight hundred dol- 
lars were raised for support of poor. Timothy Walker was ap- 
pointed agent to hire three thousand dollars to pay the outstanding 
liabilities of the town. Four thousand dollars were raised for 
roads. Voted to purchase a farm for the town's poor, and that the 
selectmen be a committee to receive proposals. It was voted to 
borrow the school fund with which to purchase a poor farm. The 
selectmen were directed to hire five hundred dollars to aid soldiers' 
families. At a meeting July twenty-fourth, it was voted to pay 
those who would enlist on the quota of the town under the late call 
for troops, the sum of fifty dollars. Alvan Bolster, collector of 
taxes, having died, William Frost was elected collector in his stead. 
At a meeting September tenth, voted to pay soldiers who enlist for 
nine months, twenty dollars bounty and nine dollars per month. 
Voted to rebuild Swift River bridge. 

1863. William Frost was again elected collector of taxes at 
two cents on the dollar. The appropriations of money were large 
this year, growing out of the expenses of the war. The meeting 
house at Rumford Centre was ordered shingled. It was voted to 
pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to such persons as should en- 
list or furnish substitutes for the army under the conscription act. 
The selectmen were directed to furnish ropes and boats for Put- 
nam's Ferry, and employ some person to tend the ferry. Samuel 
Cony had two hundred and thirteen votes for governor and Bion 
Bradlmry had seventy-six. At a meeting November twenty-first, it 
was voted to pay recruits on Rumford's quota a bounty of two hun- 
dred and fifty dollars, as soon as mustered into United States ser- 
vice, and to assess and collect the money for this purpose forth- 
with. At a meeting December third the bounty was increased to 
three hundred dollars, and five dollars were offered the recruiting 
committee for each recruit. 

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86 HISTORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

fti'd were chosen selectmen, and Asa Howard and Hiram F. Abbot 
school committee. Voted that the town pay William Frost one 
hnndred and twenty-five dollars for collecting the taxes the ensuing 
year. It was voted to raise four thousand dollars to pay town 
debt and interest, and the usual amount besides. Voted that the 
town fence the new burying ground near Kumford Corner. Samuel 
Cony had two hundred and eight votes for governor, aii<l Joseph 
Howard sixty-six. The question of allowing soldiers to vote for 
president wherever they might be, stood two hundred and forty in 
favor and fifteen opposed. The republican electors polled two 
hundred and twenty-four votes, and the democratic seventy-seven. 
Charles A. Kimball and Nathan S. Lufkin were appointed recruit- 
ing committee for the next call, and the treasurer was authorized to 
hire the necessary funds. 

1865. William Frost was elected collector and the same com- 
pensation allowed as last year. F. P. Putnam was chosen school 
committee. The appropriations this year amounted to about ten 
thousand dollars, including four thousand for roads. Timothy 
Walker was authorized to hire what money should be needed to aid 
soldiers' families, and "to borrow the school funds in the hands of 
the treasurer, and such as can be readily collected by him." Sam- 
uel Cony had two hundred and nine votes for governor and Joseph 
Howard forty-nine. 

1866. Henry Abbot was chosen collector of taxes, and for 
selectmen, Wm. Irish, Jonathan K. Martin and George W. Perry. 
The chairman of the board was made auditor of accounts. Francis 
A. Bacon, treasurer, having deceased, Calvin Howe was elected to 
fill the vacancy. A committee was chosen to oppose a road con- 
templated by way of the Falls. At a meeting in part to see if the 
town would erect a monument to the memory of deceased soldiers, 
the article was passed over. For governor, Joshua L. Chamber- 
lain had two hundred and seventeen votes and EI)en F. PillsV)nry 
eighty-eight. 

1867. George K. Martin, George W. Perry and Prentiss I\I. 
Putnam were chosen selectmen. Charles V. ^Martin bid off the 
taxes and was elected collector. John N. Irish and Waldo Pettin- 
gill were chosen school committee. Twelve hundred dt)llars were 
voted for the support of schools. Voted to purchase a town farm. 
Five thousand dollars were raised for town charges. The act ad- 



HISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 87 

ditional to an act for the suppression of the Liquor Traffic, sub- 
mitted to the voters of the State was approved in Rumford, fifty- 
three in favor and thirty-nine opposed. At a meeting June twenty- 
ninth it was voted to discharge the town farm committee and leave 
the management of the town farm to the overseers of the poor. 
The matter of a soldiers' monument was again put into the warrant 
and again passed over in silence. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

HISTORY OF RUMFORD, 1826. BY REV. DANIEL GOULD. 

^B^N 1826, Rev. Daniel Gould, then a resident minister in Rum- 
^^ ford, was asked by Hon. William D. Williamson, author of 
the History of Maine, to furnish some data for his work, concerning 
the town of Rumford, with which Mr. Gould complied. A copy of 
this, with some additions, was left among his papers, and has been 
preserved to the present time, though somewhat damaged by fire, 
and also considerably worn. Mr. Gould wrote as follows : 

"The town of Rumford lies on both sides of the Great Andros- 
coggin River, and above and below the Great Falls, in the same. 
It was a grant made by the (Tcneral Court of Massachusetts to 
Timothy Walker, Jr., Esq., of Concord, N. H., and his associates, 
being eighty-four in number, to compensate for some evils which 
had arisen to the proprietors of Concord, at the time Concord was 
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts Bay, which according to 
their charter was three miles north of the most northerly branch of 
Merrimack river, which would have extended at least as far as 
Wells, or farther, in this State. But the Court of Massachusetts 
Bay granted Concord and rcany other towns in New Hampshire, 
until the line was settled and established by the crown in 1740. 
Many charters of towns covered each other in part. This created 
troubles, law suits and great expenses, to prevent which, appeals 
were made to the crown of England for a redress of grievances. 
The Rev. Thnoth}' AValker of Rumford, was sent as agent for the 
Proprietors, and before the difficulty was settled, he crossed the 
Atlantic tliree times to the King upon this business. 

Bow or Johnson's Grant, below Concord, formed a part of Con- 
cord until the line was settled. The proprietors of Concord had 
been at great expense in getting the line established, and Timothy 
Walker, Jr., Esq., and his associates, petitioned the General Court 
of Massachusetts Bay for a township on the Androscoggin River. 



88 II rs TO BY OF liUMFORD. 

The court granted their petition on the fourth of February, 1774, 
but the next year tlie revohitionary war coninienced, and i)ut every- 
thinj>" into confusion. The IMassuchusetts records, or many of them, 
were either lost or carried awa}', and ])efore the proprietors of 
Humford Iiad obtained their charter of the town, tiiey were again 
under tlie necessity' of petitioning for it. It was again granted and 
ratilied In' the (xeneral Court of Massachusetts, on the third (Uiy of 
April, 17'79. 

This year the town was surveyed, and a division was made which 
gave to each proprietor, now increased to one hundred, one hundred 
acres. A second division was made in the year 178.S, of one hun- 
dred acres to each proprietor as before. The proprietors became 
acquainted with their lots in the former division, and finding many 
of them to be poor, and some of very little value, owing to rocky 
hills and barren land, they made a third division in 17S.S. This 
division gave to each proprietor ditTerent ([uantities of laud to com- 
pensate for poor lots, so as to make them equal in (piantity and 
quality. 

There is yat some undivided land in town, belonging to the pro- 
prietors, as well as rocky and barren mountains and barren land, 
which will never be settled nor improved even for grazing. 

In the town are four public rights, laid out by tlu' i)roprietors, 
viz : one right for the use and benefit of Harvard College, one for 
the schools, one for the first settled minister in the town, and one 
for the ministry or parsonage. 

'J'he town was laid out in a square form of seven miles and forty 
poles on each side, and is bounded as follows : Beginning on 
Bethel, thence running north l<s^ degrees west, by Bethel, How- 
ard's (iore and Newry ; thence north 71^ degrees east by Andover 
and Number VII ; thence south 18^ degrees east by Mexico and 
Peru; thence south 71^ degrees west by Number \\ to the llrst 
mentioned l)ound. 

About one-quarter part of the town is under improvement, and 
one-quarter part maj' be allowed for water, barren lands and rocky 
mountains ; the other half of the town remains unimproved. 

There are no ponds of an}' magnitude, nor islands in the river of 
any consequence. 

The town was first settled in 1779. In the autumn of this year, 
Mr. .lonathan Keyes moved his family here. This was the first 
family which settled in the place. 

Mr. Aaron Moor soon after moved his family here, but his wife, 
through fear of the Indians, went to Bethel, wliero^ a son was born 
which she called Waid. If she had remained in town, he would 
have Iteen entitled to a lot of land granted by the proi)rietors to the 
first mide child l>orn in the place. Sometime after, ^Ir. Henjamin 
Lufkin moved into town with his family. She soon after liad a son 
which she named Samuel. A dispute arose between them relative 
to the first-born in the place, and somehow or other they both lost 
the right. Both of them are yet living. 

The town was incorporated Feb. -21, IHOO, l)y the name of Hum- 



HISTORY OF RUMFOED. 89 

ford. It never had au Indian name. Until incorporated, it v/as 
called New Pennicook by the proprietors and the first settlers, from 
the ancient Indian name of Concord in New Hampshire. Concord 
was named Rum ford when incorporated in 1733, b}' the General 
Court of Massachusetts. From this year to 1765, it bore this name, 
and after, a parish of Bow. As it had been called Kumford, the 
proprietors and inhabitants who chieti}' came from Concord to this 
place when it was first settled, it was called Rumford ; and like- 
wise for the peculiar regard the proprietors had for Count Rum- 
ford who was a large proprietor and entitled to six rights in the 
township, and in hopes he would give them his shares for giving 
his name to it. Hence the town received its name. 

The town records commenced on April 14, 18U0, the same year it 
was incorporated. Francis Keyes, Esq., was chosen clerk and first 
selectman ; Mr. Philip Abbot and Mr. John Martin being the other 
two this year. 

Androscoggin River runs through the town from west to east in 
a pretty straight course. In its windings, there are excellent turns 
of interval which are rich and very productive. This river is gen- 
erally rapid through the town, as is its general character from its 
source in Umbagog lake, till it empties into Merrymeetiug Bay 
where it meets the Kennebec River, and the two empty themselves 
into the Atlantic Ocean. 

There are two or three ripps in this river as it passes through the 
town. Thej'^ are rocky and rapid, but in high water, rafts pass 
over them in safety. 

The Great Falls on the river, or as they are sometimes called 
"Pennyeook Falls," are in the easterly part of the town. They 
are the largest falls in the river. The water at the falls gathers 
into a very narrow channel when it comes to them, owing to the 
lofty rocky mountains on both sides of the river which crowd upon 
it. There are several sharp pitches before the water comes to the 
gi'eat cascade. The water falls here about seventy-five feet in the 
short distance of two or three rods. The water then falls into a 
large basin, as it were to refresh itself till it comes to another large 
fall in the river. After the water is precipitated, it gradually slack- 
ens its pace till it gains its usual course at the mouth of Swift 
River. 

In dry weather, when the river is low, at the "narrows," as they 
are called, at the top of the Great Falls, the water in the river is 
only a few feet over and, by the help of a plank thrown over, peo- 
ple pass to the opposite side in safety. In high water, in the 
spring or fall, it presents a majestic and terrifying scene, and shows 
that it will not be trifled with nor insulted. In falling over rocks, 
its roaring is heard at a considerable distance. Some of the logs in 
passing the river, when the water is high, jump out of the water, 
others pass under water, and some of a good rift strili:e the rocks 
and are rift asunder, and many are much broomed and bruised in 
passing the falls. 

In the course of half a mile, the water falls over the rocks about 



90 HI8T0BY OF BUMFORD. 

one hundred and forty feet. It is in contemplation to build a bridge 
over the head of the Great Falls. 

At the head of this fall, JSIr. Rufus Virgin and Mr. Nathan 
Knapp, two ingenious, enterprising and persevering young men, 
have erected a carding, and a shingle machine, a saw-mill, and a 
grist-mill carrying two pairs of stones, b}' the same water. These 
mills are well supplied with water at all seasons of the year. The 
water is brought from the river in a canal formed partly l)y drilling 
the rocks with much labor and expense and partly by plank. Wy 
their labor and industry the town and others are well supplied with 
flour at all seasons of the year. It is contemplated to erect other 
machinery at this place. 

There is no bridge built over this river in this town. A grant 
has been obtained to erect one at the Point, but no preparations as 
yet are making to accomplish the object. But there are three 
established ferries in the town, namely : one at the Point, one at 
the Center and one at the lower part of the town. The one at the 
Point is most valuable, has the most custom, and the post passes 
this ferry. 

The other rivers in the tovrn are P^llis, Concord nnd SAvift rivers. 
Ellis river east branch rises in Number VIII and the west l)rancli in 
Andover Surplus ; the}^ unite their waters in Andover, and the 
river pursues its course through Rumford and empties its waters 
into the Androscoggin at the Point. The river is lined with high 
ragged mountains, especially on the west side. It, however, affords 
good turns of interval on both sides of it, and is settled on each 
bank. It affords no luill privilege in this place. It has an expen- 
sive bridge near its mouth to be maintained, and is much exposed 
by freshets and logs. Concord river rises in Woodstock, passes 
through Hamlin's Grant, a corner of Bethel and Number II, and 
empties into the Great River in the southwest part of the town. 
The westerly branch of the river affords no mill jirivilege. The 
mountains crowd upon it, especially on the westerly side. In pass- 
ing on the easterly bank of it, on the "Wlude's Back," so called, to 
Paris, the traveller passes higher than the tall pines which grow on 
the margin. Another branch of this river rises from two ponds in 
Number II, and meets the other branch near the Great River. Mr. 
David Aljl»ot's grist and saw mills are erected on this branch of the 
river. A fulling mill and a carding machine are erected on this 
stream, a sliort distance below Abbot's mills, owned by ]\Ir. Samuel 
Page of Brunswick. There is an expensive bridge to maintain over 
this river near its mouth. It is exposed to ice, freshets and logs. 
The stream however is small, and affords water l)ut a part of the 
season. 

Swift river, wliich divides this town from INIexic-o. rises in Num- 
ber VII and VIII. It is a wild, rapid river and affords nuich good 
interval on each side. The uplands are generally poor and moun- 
tainous. It affords no mill privileges owing to its wildnoss and 
rapidity. Small rains will raise it, and they rush from the moun- 
tains and pour their waters into it. It often falls as rapidly as it 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOED. 91 

rises. A bridge has been erected over it near its mouth, where it 
flows into the Great river, and where the post travels from the east, 
but it has been swept away by the freshets, ice and logs ; but it has 
not been rebuilt and it would be very expensive to build one, and 
uncertain how long it would stand. In the summer season, the 
river is easily forded by horses, Ijut when it is high, it cannot be 
passed without ferry boats. 

Split brook rises on the north of the town among the mountains. 
It empties its waters into the Great River at the Center of the 
town. Graham's mills are erected thereon, near the Great River. 
Here are a saw and grist-mill carrying two pairs of stones. The 
stream is small and affords water only a part of the season ; and 
when the water is high, they are troubled with back water from the 
Great River ; therefore, these mills are not very profitable to the 
owners. It is difficult also, to make a dam stand, as the ground is 
muddy and soft. 

The mountains in the town are numerous. The most noted are 
White Cap, Glass Face and Black mountains. These are the only 
mountains in town which have names. White Cap is situated in 
the north-westerly part of the town, and lies between Rumford and 
Andover. It is naked and bare on the top, and hence its name. 
On the south side it is very steep, rocky and barren. On the north 
side, there is an easy ascent to its summit, and is thinly covered 
with wood. It is about four hundred feet high, and on its summit 
there are fine and picturesque views of the country and hills in all 
directions which fascinate the eyes of the beholder. It is remark- 
able for the great quantities of blueberries which it produces every 
year. Cartloads of these berries are carried from it every season. 
When they are ripe, the mountain has many visitors both for pleas- 
ure and profit. This is the most remarkable mountain in the town. 

Glass Face lies near the center of the town, on the road and near 
the river, and on the north side of it. It is about three hundred 
feet high, is rocky and steep in front, and impassible. It is barren 
on its summit. It may be ascended with ease from the north side. 
There is still some pine timber on the north side of the mountain. 
This mountain also affords abundance of blueberries. It is visited 
by many when the fruit is ripe, and affords pleasure and profit to 
its visitors at this season of the year. 

Black mountain is situated on the north-east part of the town. 
Indeed, there is a continued range of mountains through the north 
part of the town from White cap to Black mountain. This is said 
to be the highest mountain. It is in the neighborhood of black land, 
and hence its name. As there is no settler contiguous to it, it is 
but little known. 

These mountains as well as others in the town afford lurking 
places for bears, foxes and other animals, and they often prey upon 
sheep and poultry ; but there are no rattlesnakes nor other poison- 
ous serpents to be found in this place or vicinity. Indeed the town 
and the surrounding country abound with rocky and barren moun- 
tains and hills which are scattered over the surface of the country. 



92 HISTOEY OF RUMFOJRD. 

They are steep and pointed at their summits, like sugar loaves. 
Generally, on the south side of tliem, they are steep, rocky and 
barren ; but on the north side, they are covered with wood and 
timber. On some of the hills, there is good land and lit for tillage 
and grazing, such as Eaton Hill, Red Hill and some others, and 
still others not yet improved. In the sags between the mountains, 
the land is good and fertile. There are no caves in the mountains 
or hills. 

There has not yet been found any iron ore within the town ; 
neither limestone nor clay of an}' value. There is, however, a 
large Ijody of paint. It is at the foot of a mountain near the road 
that leads from the center of the town to Andover. There are 
three sorts of it, red, yellow and black. It has been used in paint- 
ing buildings, but it requires considerable preparation before it is 
used. It needs boiling and grinding, and then it is fit for use. 
The red when i)rei)ared and used, is of a lively color like vermillion. 
It has been used in painting weather boards and ribbons for barns. 
It appears dural)le. The yellow is prepared in the same waj' and 
has been used in painting buildings. It resembles spruce 3'ellow in 
color, but is not as durable. The black is really so, and when it 
has been analj'zed, and the method of i)reparation known, it may 
be as durable and handsome as any paint of the like color, and 
would l>e very valuable. 

The east and west parts of the town are the most settled, owing 
to crowding of mountains in the center. The Point at the upper 
part will make a handsome village, and will be the center of busi- 
ness. The road from Andover and the back towns, up and down 
the river and also to Portland, all center at this place. Much busi- 
ness is done here, and it will be increasing in business and popula- 
tion continually. On both sides of the river in this place, tliere are 
some handsome buildings, and they are increasing everj' year. 

The center and lower part of the town, can never make a center 
for business, owing to the mountains crowding upon them. A road 
from Andover meets the river road at the Center, but there is no 
cross road here or at the lower part of tlie town. The river roads 
lead to Augusta, Ilallowell, Brunswick, &c., but none directly to 
Portland. The Point has the advantage of all these towns for trade 
and market. At the Great Falls, though a good place for mills and 
other machinery, yet it can never make a village, owing to the 
crowding down of the mountains on each side. 

As there are no scpiatters in the town, every one of them holds 
the title of his land in fee simple from the original proprietors. 
The price of lands at the present time is very low, and but few who 
buy can sell their farms. The wild land is worth from one dollar 
to three dollars per acre ; but all land is valued according to its 
intrinsic value, whether cultivated or wild. 

There are in the town three taverns : Kimball's at the Point, 
(irahain's at the Center and Holster's at the lower part of the town. 
They are all emblazoned with the square and compasses of the Free 
Masons. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 93 

There are six stores in town ; two on the south side of the Great 
River, owned by Crockett and Cushman, and three on the north 
side of it, owned by Stevens, Kimball and Bolster ; one at the 
lower part of the town, north of the Great Kiver, owned by Bolster. 

There are roads passing up and down the Great River, one on 
each side. One at the Point leads from Andover, through the town 
at the Point, to Portland, and one from the Center to Andover ; and 
one on the west side of Swift River leading to Number VII. There 
are no other I'oads leading into the town. The other roads lead to 
various parts of the town. About twenty miles of the roads in 
town are county roads. A tax of one thousand dollars is raised 
annually to mend and repair the roads. 

The orchards are yet in their infancy. The first settlers planted 
themselves on the intervals where the soil is not suitable for 
orchards, but since the uplands have been reduced to farms, or- 
charding has been attended to very well. About a dozen orchards 
begin to be profitable, and have produced some apples and cider for 
several years past. 

There are five paupers who have been provided for more or less 
for some time past, and have been at some expeuse to the town ; 
but they have generally supported themselves, and are doing so at 
the present time. 

The number of bushels of wheat raised annually is not easily 
ascertained, but is supposed to be eighteen hundred. It is a good 
wheat and grain country. The land produces well, so that the 
inhabitants are amply supplied with breadstuff, and much is carried 
aw^ay to market. 

As to the religious concerns of the town, there is nothing at the 
present time very encouraging. There are two religious orders, but 
they are not properly separated into distinct societies. The Con- 
gregational and the Methodist, except two or three Baptists, com- 
pose the different orders. The Congregational Church was organized 
August 5, 1803, which now consists of forty-six members, and the 
Methodists in the town are twenty-five. 

There is a meeting house in the center of the town erected sev- 
eral years ago, but it was never finished and it is much fallen into 
decay. During the summer season the Congregational order wor- 
ship in it, but during winter, they hold their meetings alternately in 
the school houses at each end of the town. It is now in contempla- 
tion to erect another meeting house at the Center for the use of 
those who choose to worship God in it. The Methodists have the 
last season erected a meeting house at the lower part of the town, 
and expect to finish it the present season. Both orders have met 
alternatel}', the present winter, in this house. 

The first settled minister in this town was the Rev. Samuel K, 
Hall, who was ordained Nov. 14, 1811, and died Nov. 4, 1814. 
His ministry was short but useful. He was a lay preacher, and 
was orthodox in his persuasion. His successor was the Rev. 
Daniel Gould, formerly a minister at Bethel. He was preaching in 
this town during the sickness of Mr. Hall. Soon after his death 



94 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

the church tiiul people gave hnn a call to settle with them in the 
gospel iiiiiiistrv. He accepted, and was installed May ol, 1815. 
The Methodists support their i)reachers by contribution, and have 
no settlctl minister with them. The Congregational order support 
their minister i)artly l)y subscription and partly by a fund arising 
from tlie sale of the ministerial lands in town. ]\lr. Hall was aged 
when he settled here, and gave up the ministers'' right of land for the 
benefit of the Congregational order. From what has been sold of 
both rights, the interest amounts to one hundred and forty dollars 
annually, which is principall}' the salary for the support of Mr. 
(4ould. The subscriptions have amounted to but little. When the 
two rights shall l»e sold the funds will be a handsome sum. 

The literature of the town is not great, ])ut we have very good 
schools, and they are generally well attended. The number of 
scholars from four to twent^'-one years of age is three hundred. 
The town raises three hundred and seven dollars for the use of 
schools. There is also a fund of forty dollars for the suj)port of 
schools, arising from the interest of school lands already sold. 
When the whole right is sold, the interest will make a handsome 
sum for the support of schools. 

There is only one man in the town who has had a full public edu- 
cation, viz.. Rev. Daniel Gould. He has been in this town and in 
Bethel twenty-eight years, in the work of the gospel ministry. 
During this time he has paid particular attention to the education 
of youth and children. He has generally furnished these towns 
and vicinit}' with tiie teachers of their schools. From his unwearied 
attention and exertion the schools, which, before he came here, 
were in a miserable condition, are now in flourishing circumstances. 
He has sjtent much time in visiting and encouraging tlie scholars in 
these and the neighl)oring towns, and has excited a laudable 
aml)ition in parents, youth ami children, to promote education and 
to gain knowledge. He has therefore placed the schools in a 
respectable situation. He has likewise the satisfaction to see that 
his labors have been l)lessed. 

A lenrned ministry is a great blessing to a town or society. Such 
men are a great stinuilus to education, piet}' and morality. The 
school laws do not now, as formerly, require the aid of ministers to 
promote the education of youth and children. Then tlie}' were 
recpiired ex officio to attend the schools, to visit and encourage 
children and youth in their education, and they were remunerated 
by a freedom from taxation. 

It is a fact that unless the direction of youth and children be 
duly attended to, we shall never secure our civil and religious 
privileges, and a free government. Ignorance lays the foundation 
for absolute monarchy, oi)pression :ind slavery. Hence the necessity 
that every citizen in these States should exert himself to promote 
the education of youth and children, and to use all means to 
encourage tliese imjjortant objects. 

There has not been iniblic spirit enough in the town to establish 
a social litawry. Several attempts have been made to effect such a 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOED. 95 

source of useful kuowledge. The people seem to have but little 
taste for reading. It is hoped that this state of things will not last 
long. Such an institution is extremel}' valuable in society and 
affords much knowledge at a cheap rate. There is a small church 
library in the town, of religious books only. There is also a small 
female tract society, and it is popular at the present time. It is 
hoped that it may increase and remain popular. 

Peter C. Virgin, Esq., is the only lawyer here. He does much 
business and is valuable in his profession. He is a man of steady 
habits, a good citizen and a useful member of society. 

In this town there are two physicians, Joseph Adams and Simeon 
Fuller. They are settled in the eastern and western parts of the 
town. They are valuable in their profession. 

The newspapers taken in this town are forty in number. 'J'here 
are two post otiices in town. The first of these was established 
Jauuar}' 1, 1815, at the point. The other is at the lower part of 
the town and was established October 10, 1825. The Post riders 
meet at the Point every week, one of them riding from Portland to 
the Point, and the other from Hallowell to the same place. Another 
rides from Andover to the Point. 

The number of families in the town is one hundred and fifty- 
seven. There are one hundred and seventy ratable polls and 
as many voters in the town. The town is increasing in numbers, 
and will increase in population till the lands suitable for improve- 
ment shall be occupied. 

The inhabitants are generally industrious and enterprising. They 
are mostly employed in farming, in clearing the land, in making 
farms from the wilderness, and are generally steady in their habits. 
There are four who are shop joiners and who do cabinet work, and 
they display much ingenuity in their employment. There are 
others who ai'e carpenters and blacksmiths. Two of these do most 
of the l)usiuess of this kind and are situated at each end of the 
town. There are also slioe-makers in the place, some of whom are 
good workmen. 

The most eminent men in town, both in ancient and modern 
times, are William Wlieeler, Francis Keyes, John Thompson, 
Francis Cushman, Moses F. Kimball, Alvan Bolster and Colman 
Godwin. There are others who have and do take the lead in busi- 
ness in town affairs. There are man}' valuable men in the town, 
and as is always the case, there are some not so valuable, and some 
are poor and idle. 

The town was first represented in the General Court in 1811, hy 
William Wheeler; also in 1812. From this year to 1«18, the town 
sent no representative. Peter C. Virgin, P^sq., represented the 
town from 1818 to 1.S21. This year the representative was Moses 
F. Kimball, and in 1825, Francis Cushman. 

There are several in town who were soldiers in the Revolutionary 
war. Two only receive pensions. The author of these pages was 
one of those soldiers. It would seem that if one drew pensions, 
all should. Those who are tiie subjects of their country's bi neli- 



96 niSrORY OF JiUMFOIil). 

cence have <;cncrally not been the best of citizens ; but those who 
have been industrious and frugal are otherwise. When all shared 
the fatigues, labors and hardships in that war, and received but 
little pay from their country at that time, but at the present time, 
the country is able to reward them. Their fellow citizens are 
enjoying the happy fruit of their labors. It is thought that all those 
soldiers ought to be treated alike and be etjually rewarded. 



GENKUAL REMARKS. 

There ai'c no monuments or ancient relics of the Indians in this 
town, though it is apparent that they were very numerous in this 
region in former times, iiut after Lovel's tight, one hundred j'cars 
ago; and after the taking of Quebec by General "Wolf in 17r»9, 
through fear they deserted this part of the country-, and tlicre was 
no danger, at least in this town when it was settled by the English. 
The first settlers in Bethel during the Revolutionary war, suffered 
from the Indians, and two of the inhabitants were taken by them 
and carried to Canada. 

Several in this town were engaged in the late war with Kngland. 
Two died in the army, and one was so badly wounded in the arm 
that it was amputated. lie is yet living and a pensioner. The 
people in this place were in favor of this war, and exerted them- 
selves in i)rosecnting it. 

Howard's core. 

By the politeness of Ezra Smith,* Es(i., at my recjuest, 1 am able 
to give a sketch of Howard's Gore, of which he is an inhabitant. 
Howard's Gore was purrliased of the government of ^lassachusetts 
in the year 1792, by Mr. Phineas Howard, from whom it takes its 
name, j It is in the form of a scalene triangle, and is nearly a right 
angled triangle. The base is bounded on the northwest on Newry, 
four miles and one Inmdred and fifteen poles. The northeast line, 
being the perpendicular, is l)ounded on Rumford one mile and one 
half. The other line or leg of the triangle is bounded on the north 
line of Bethel, due east and west, being the Dase of the triangle. 
It contains twenty-one hundred acres. Three years after he had 
begun a settlement, Mr. Howard built a grist mill at the outlet of a 
pleasant pond containing aliout two hundred and fifty acres, in the 
centre (jf the (Jore, in an elevated situation among the hills. In 
this pond are trout. Some iron ore has boen discovered in the 
borders of it, but has not been analyzed. The water from the pond 
in its winding way to the Androscoggin River, falls about three 
hundred feet in as many rods, before it reaches the flat ground at 
the foot of the hill. There are, on its descent, one saw mill, one 

♦Mr. Smith ilied Feb. 10, 1846. aged R2 years, and Is Imrlcd at Rumford Point. 
tKowrird'fi Gore aii<l a purt of Kethel were united and incorporated as Hanover, Feb. 
14, 1H43. 



HISTORY OF EUMFOED. 97 

fulling mill, three grist mills, one clapboard and one shingle 
machine, and an ample privilege for many other mills and machin- 
ery by using the same water. There are now eleven families and 
about seventy inhabitants in the plantation, some of whom have 
attended to orcharding, which produces apples and some cider." 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE ANDROSCOG<JIN RIVER. 



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|HJ2 Androscoggin is a beautiful river, and the scenery bordering 
upon it is picturesque and often grand. Persons born and 
reared upon its banks have an attachment for it which is never 
weakened in after years, however distant they may wander and what- 
ever may be the lapse of time. Its broad intervals, decorated here and 
there with drooping elms, rising into tal)le lands with sunny slopes 
and backed by wooded hills or craggy mountains, make up a 
succession of vistas which become indellibly stamped upon the 
memory. Its course, from the northern forests to the sea, is 
somewhat eccentric, though its general course, like all our INIaine 
rivers, is from north to south. In size and importance it is the 
third river in the State, and in the amount and quality of its water 
power it is second to no other. Taking its rise in the great forest 
belt between Maine and Canada, it leaves Umbagog Lake in the 
town of Errol, New Hampshire, and passing through that town and 
other New Hampshire towns of Cambridge, Dummer, Milan, Berlin, 
Gorham and Shelburne, it enters the State of Maine in the border 
town of Gilead. Its course from the lake to Gorham is nearl}^ due 
south, but when fairly outside the White Mountain range, it turns 
and ^ makes almost a right angle, and when it enters Maine, its 
course is nearly eastward. Between Milan and Bethel the river 
falls several hundred feet, the most of it at Berlin Falls. 

In the town of Bethel, the river turns to the north until it reaches 
the south line of Newry, near the mouth of Bear River, when it 
again changes its course toward the east, forms the dividing line 
between the lower part of Bethel and Hanover, enters Rumford near 
the mouth of P^Uis River, passes through the town in a general 
northeasterly direction, making several quite sharp turns, enters 



98 HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 

Mexico at the mouth of Swift River, and pusses southeasterly 
througli the town and as far as Livermore, and from thence, ])y a 
general southerly direction, to Merrymeeting Bay. While the 
length of Kumford, from Hanover to Mexico, is only a tritle over 
seven miles, the river in its eccentric course makes a little over 
eleven miles in passing through the town. 

In its course from the lakes to Merrj'meeting Bay, the Andros- 
coggin passes through varied scenery. For several miles after 
leaving the Umbagog, its course is through the wilderness, where it 
encounters numerous rapids, and in Dummer is the most picturesque 
fall on the river, known as Pontook Falls. Through Milan and a 
part of Berlin its current is quite sluggish, but before leaving 
Berlin, the entire volume of water is forced into a narrow gorge 
only a few feet wide, and the river is almost lost sight of until it 
emerges at the foot of the precipice, several hundred feet below. 
After this there is no important fall for many miles, but there are 
numerous rapids, and in many places the current is swift and 
strong. Sometimes the mountains and hills are so near the river 
that there is only room enough for a narrow road along its banks, 
and then they recede, leaving broad belts of interval on either side. 
No more charming views can be had anywhere than along the 
Androscoggin from Gorham, New Hampshire, to Lewiston. The 
road follows the high banks, and panoramic vistas of mountain, 
hill, valley, forest and cultivated fields succeed each other, and the 
broad stretches of interval, with the graceful elms bordering the 
river as they burst upon the view at each turn of the road, seem 
almost like an enchanted land. 

Through Kumford, the current of the Androscoggin is alternately 
sluggish and rapid, until the river approaches the east part of the 
town, and here is the most important fall on the river, and the 
lai'gest water power in New England. The height of the fall is 
one hundred and sixty-two feet and eight inches in a running 
distance of one mile. There is a succession of falls, and along this 
mile the water can be used for driving mills, many times over. 
The width of the river at the head of the fall is only ninety feet, 
and the bottom and sitles of the channel are of solid granite. As 
regards the mass of its water, the Androscoggin is a variable river, 
due to the mountainous character of its catchment basin at the 
upper i)ortion, and the extreme nakedness of much of the mountain 
surfaces which form its water-shed. It rises very rapidly and as 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 99 

rapidly subsides ; runs very high in the spriug freshets, and very 
low in the drouths of summer. Rumford Falls has a modifying 
influence upon the character of the river below in time of freshet. 
From the narrowness of its channel and the imperishable character 
of its sides and bottom at the head of the fall, it dams back the 
water, causing a great rise above and equalizing the flow below. 
By this means the manufacturing interests below the falls are in a 
manner protected from the chances of destructive rises of water. 

The principal falls on the Androscoggin below Kumford are at 
Livermore, Lewiston and Brunswick. The falls at Livermore were 
early known as Rockomeco ; those at Lewiston, Amitgonpoutook, 
afterward Harris' Falls and then Lewiston Falls. Those at Bruns- 
wick were called by the Indians Pejepscook, also written Pejepscot. 
The river at the head of Rumford Falls is six hundred feet above 
tide water, and at Bethel, opposite the Hill, six hundred and twenty 
feet. At the State line, it is six hundred and ninety feet ; at the 
head of Berlin Falls, one thousand and forty-eight feet ; at Umbagog 
Lake, twelve hundred and fifty-six feet, and at the extreme forest 
source of the river, three thousand feet. The Androscoggin takes 
its origin and name only from the point of confluence of Magalloway 
River and Umbagog Lake waters. The length of the Androscoggin 
proper is one hundred and fifty-seven miles, and from the head of 
Rumford P^alls to tide water is seventy-five miles. At Merry- 
meeting Ba3% between Brunswick and Bath, the Androscoggin 
mingles its waters with those of the Kennebec, and loses its identity. 
Several rivers flow into this bay, and hence its name, as stated by 
some ; but this is not strictly true. It was so named because here 
was the place of meeting of the different tribes of Indians on the 
Androscoggin and Kennebec and along the sea-coast. The Indian 
name of this bay was (^uabacook. 

The Indians applied different names to different portions of the 
Androscoggin River, and the various names also have a variety of 
spellings. From <^uabacook (Merrymeeting B:iy) to Amitgonpou- 
took (Lewiston Falls), the river was called by the Indians Pejeps- 
cook also written Pejepscot, and the falls at Brunswick have ever 
borne this name. Above Lewiston Falls and awa}' to the lake 
region, the river was called Ammascoggin, often written Amaris- 
coggin, and now uniformly spelled Androscoggin. These ortho- 
graphical varieties are due to the fact that the Indians had no 
written language, and persons who heard them pronounce the 



100 . HISTOIiY OF nUMFORD. 

names of different objects did not always understaud alike, and 
when writing the word each spelled it as he understood it. It is 
not probable that our present orthography of the name of this river 
is correct or represents the Indian pronunciation, but it has come 
to sta}'. It has been supposed by some that the river was named 
in part in honor of one of the early colonial governors of Massa- 
chusetts, but Governor Andros was not one whom the people would 
be likely to honor in this wa}'. The meaning of the word which 
we call Androscoggin, which Captain John Smith, the early navi- 
gator, wrote Aumoughcougen, and which in colonial records is 
spelled Amascoggin and Amariscoggin, in the Indian language 
meant the "Fish Spearing River." The early settlers of Bethel 
and Kumford generally abridged the word, and called the river 
"Scoggin." From Merrymeeting Bay to the sea, the accumulated 
waters of the several rivers were known as the Sagadahoc, and the 
river was so called by the early voyagers, who learned it from the 
Indians. The first voyagers up the Sagadahoc to Merr3'meeting 
Ba}' aj^pear not to have discovered the Kennebec, but followed up 
the Pejepscot (Androscoggin) to Brunswick and i)erliaps to Lisbon. 
They described the falls which rendered the river unnavigable, and 
returned home in ignorance of the existence of the noble and 
iiavigable Kennebec. 



CHAPTER XV. 

THE ANDROSCOGGIN INDIANS. 

I^HE Indians had villages and places of burial in the town of 
Bethel, the town next above Rumford, and in the town of 
Canton below, but there is no evidence going to show that they had 
either in Rumford. That they were often here and spent more or 
less time here, there is every reason to believe. Arrow heads and 
spear heads, gouges, chisels, tomahawks and other rude implements 
all wrought in stone, were frequently found by the early settlers, 
and are still occasionally unearthed. It is much to be regretted 
that the Indian name of the great falls in this town has not been 
preserved. A fall so important must have had a name, and it 
seems a little strange that the early settlers did not learn it. Some 
writers have suggested that Pennycook was the Indian name of the 
falls, but the idea has no substantial foundation. As has been 
shown elsewhere, the name Pennacook was transferred from Con- 
cord, New Hampshire, with the prefix of "new," and there is no 
evidence that the name was known in this region until after the 
township had been granted to Colonel Timothy Walker and associates. 
Then the name was applied to the township and sometimes to the 
falls. 

When the first settlers came, the Androscoggin abounded with 
salmon, and there is no doubt that a notable fishing place was at 
the foot of the falls, but what the aborigines called it, or how they 
designated the place, will probably never be known. Implements 
of war and for hunting purposes, as well as those for domestic use, 
found in the region of the falls by the early settlers, show that this 
was a favorite haunt of the savages, though their stay here was 
only at intervals. Their homes, where their families remained and 
where they cultivated broad areas of maize, and where they buried 
their dead, Avere at other points on the river. There were few 
Indians here, except scattering ones, travelling to and fro after the 
destruction of the Pecpuxket and Norridgewock tribes, and with the 



102 JlfSTOIiY OF nUMFOUD. 

exception of the raid into Bethel cluring the war of the revolution, 
in 1781, there were no acts of liostility committed by Indians in 
Maine after the fall of Quebec and the conquest of Canada in 1760. 
.Small parties came here occasionally to fish and to hunt, but they 
were peaceable and friendly, and seemed desirous of being on 
amicable terms with the early white settlers. 

The Indians on the Androscoggin were called "Anasaguuticooks," 
and claimed the territory from the lakes to Merrymeeting Bay. 
The Rokomokos were a sub-tribe, and had their headquarters at 
Canton. There is a curious analogy between the name Auasagun- 
ticook and the word Amoscoggin, the name by wliich the river was 
once called, and it is probable that they have about the same 
signification. Tlie Androscoggin Indians, as they will hereafter be 
designated in this work, had several sub-tribes into which thej' 
were divided l)efore white men came among them. Those below 
Lewiston Falls were called Pejepscots. Canton Point appears to 
have ])een the headquarters of the Androscoggins, where they are 
said to have had five lumdred acres cleared, which they annually 
planted to corn. Here were held tlie councils of the sub-tribes, but 
a general council place for all the Indians in central and southern 
Mnine was Abagudasset I'oint on INIerrymeeting iJay. 

The Androscoggin Indians were more hostile and intractaltle than 
any other of the Maine tribes. They took a prominent part in 
Phillip's war, which broke out in 167o, and made hostile excursions 
to the settlements along the coast, at Falmouth, Yarmouth, Scar- 
borough, Wells, and at the towns on the lower Kennebec. Mugg 
was a noted Androscoggin chief, and with one hundred warriors 
made a raid on Scarborough in 1676. Colonel Church, the famous 
Indian fighter, made an attack on the Androscoggin Indians in 
1690. He captured their fortified place in Brunswick and killed 
many, but it is uncertain how far up the river he came. They 
released a number of captives whom the Indians had talceu in their 
raids the year previous. In 1703, Governor Dudley had a confer- 
ence with the Indians at Casco Bay, and two chiefs, Mesambomett 
and AVexar, accompanied 1)}' two hundred and fifty warriors, repre- 
sented the Androscoggins on that occasion. About this time, 
persuaded by the Jesuits, many of the Maine Indians, including a 
large proportion of the Androscoggins, moved to Canada and 
settled on the Becancourt and Saint Francois rivers. In the subse- 
quent Indian wars affecting Maine, the headquarters of the Indians 



HIS TOE Y OF BUMFORD. 103 

were on the above-named rivei's, though the Androscogghis as a tribe 
did not leave tlie lower Androscoggin River until about fifty years 
later. During the last Indian war, and about the year 1756, a 
small force of men was sent up the Androscoggin in whale boats, 
and penetrated as far as Rumford Falls. If there were Indians in 
this vicinity at that time, they fled before their invaders, but the 
party measured distances and took note of the general character- 
istics of the country. 

A treaty was made with the Indians at Falmouth, in 1749, and 
among the Andi'oscoggius present and who signed the treaty were 
Sawwaramet, Ausado, Waaunuuga, Sauquish, *Warceduu and Wa- 
wawnunka. Incited by the French, the Saint Francis Indians, as 
the amalgamated tribes were called, continued to make raids into 
Maine. In 1750, they attacked New Meadows, North Yarmouth 
and New Gloucester, burned buildings, destroyed cattle, and killed 
or captured quite a number of the inhabitants. At the falls on the 
Little Androscoggin in Paris, they came across two hunters. One 
of them, named Snow, shot and killed the chief of the Indians, and 
was in turn riddled with Indian bullets. Snow's Falls commemo- 
rate the incident and the name of the brave but reckless hunter. 
In 1759, Major Robert Rogers, with a party of rangers, attacked 
and nearly annihilated the Saint Francis Indians, and after this we 
hear scarcely anything of Indians in Maine. Scattered families 
lived at Fryeburg and in Canton, and there were the Penobscots 
and Passamaquoddies in eastern Maine, but their power was broken, 
and their tribal relations, except in case of the last two, entirely 
destroyed. 

The Androscoggin Indians always claimed that they never con- 
veyed to the Elnglish any of their territor}^ above Rumford Falls. 
The deed of Worombo to Richard Wharton in 1684, says : "All 
the land from the falls to Pejepscot, and Merrymeeting Bay to 
Kennebec, and toward the wilderness, to be bounded by a south- 
west and northwesterly line, to extend from the upper part of the 
said Androscoggin uppermost falls," etc. If, by uppermost falls, 
Rumford Falls are meant, the position taken by the Indians is 
correct. At any rate Indians continued to hang about Bethel after 
the first settlers came, and Jonathan Keyes left his two sons with 
them for a whole winter, when the nearest white settlement was 
Fryeburg. It is said that one of these sons, Francis Keyes, learned 
something of the Indian language, and became quite proficient in 



104 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

the use of the bow. It has been said, but with how much truth 
cannot now be known, that it was a desire to be revenged upon the 
whites for the occupancy of the soil of Bethel, that incited the raid 
upon the few settlers of that town in August of 1781. Some of 
the Indians making this attack, were well known to the settlers, 
had been fed by them and given places to sleep by their firesides, 
and up to this time had always appeared friendly. One of them 
named Tomhegan, led the attack. 

Persons now living have been favored with the sight of the last 
two members of the once powerful tribe of Anasagunticook Indians. 
Molly Ockett was once a member of the Rokomeko sub-tribe, l)ut 
she went to Canada and joined the Saint Francis tribe. She came 
from Canada to Fryeburg, and then to Bethel. She lived with an 
Indian named Sabattis, who when a boy, is said to have been 
brought from Canada by Colonel Rogers. She travelled through 
various towns in Oxford county, a sort of tramp, and was well 
known to many, three-quarters of a century ago. She was in 
Andover and was present at the birth of the first child. This child 
was Susan, daughter of Ezekiel Merrill, who became the wife of 
Nathan Adams, and a resident of this town. Molly Ockett died in 
Andover at a great age, and was buried in that town. Another, 
and the last of the Anasaguuticooks, was Metalluc, variously called 
"Natalluc" and "Metallic." Of his early history little is known. 
Lieut. Segar, who was captured at the time of the raid into Bethel, 
often said he saw him with the Saint Francis Indians when he 
arrived at their settlement in Canada. He is said to have been 
banished from the tribe for some misdemeanor, and he settled in 
the Umbagog lake region, probably near the haunts of his earlier 
years. He lived in this region a long time, and was visited by 
many people, including Governor Lincoln. lie became blind in 
183f), and died six or seven j^ears after, in Stewartstowii, N. H. 
He was probably born on the Androscoggin, and at the time of his 
death is thought to have been more than a hundred j-ears old. 
Thus has passed away from this region and from this river and its 
tributaries, a whole people, who are to be hereafter known only in 
song and in story. The only evidence that remains to us tiiat they 
ever lived liere, is found in tlie rude implements buried in the soil 
and turned up by the plow. These speak to us of their domestic 
employments, of their hunting and fishing excursions, and of their 
engagements in deadly strife. They are gone, and whether deprived 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 105 

of their inheritance rightfully or not, matters little now. It may 
be remarked here, that one of the captives taken by the Indians at 
York, was Joseph Bean or Bane. He was with them several years, 
and learned their language. After his release his services were in 
great demand, as an interpreter, at Councils with the Indians. He 
was a relative of Josiah Bean, an early settler of Bethel, two of 
whose daughters married and lived in Rumford. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

HOW THE FIRST SETTLERS LIVED. 

^j^T is impossible for any person without some experience in the 
^1^ same school, to form an adequate conception of the privations 
and hardships incident to a new settlement in this high northern 
latitude. The first settlers of Rumford were not accustomed to 
luxury in the homes they left behind, for they had little wealth, nor 
were they inured to privations for they had lived where labor and 
prudence had kept the wolf from the door. They were plain people 
who were accustomed to getting their living by the labor of their 
hands, and they were not ashamed of their occupation. But when 
they made up their minds to leave their old homes in New Hamp- 
fehii-e and Massachusetts, homes which their fathers had reared 
under circumstances very similar to those in which they themselves 
were to be placed, and come into this eastern wilderness and make 
homes for themselves and their posterity, they had need of strong 
hands and stout hearts to carry their purposes into effect. The 
usual practice at the period Avhen Rumford was settled, was to take 
the family and the few household goods to the nearest settlement 
where they could find temporary accommodations, leave the wife 
and the younger children there, while the father with his older sons 
went through the woods to the site of the proposed clearing, felled 
trees and burned them, erected a log house and made other prepa- 
rations for receiving the family. For the settlers in Bethel, Frye- 
burg was the rallying point the same as Standish had previously 
been for Fryeburg. For Rumford, Paris and Dixfield, the usual 
stopping place was New Gloucester, while for Turner and Liver- 
more, it was North Yarmouth or Freeport. 



106 • HISTORY OF liUMFOIiD. 

Jonathan Keyes, the first settler in Ruraford, left his family in 
New Gloucester and fled to that place when the Indians threatened 
the Androscoggin settlements. Other settlers made this their rally- 
ing point until the settlement became large enough to accommodate 
temporarily', the new comers. The first log houses were of the 
simplest kind. Straight trees were felled of the right size, and 
when cut to the right length they were notched at the ends and laid 
one upon another, and in this way the four walls were laid up. 
Places were cut out for small windows and a door. The interstices 
between the logs were filled with clay or mud, which in a short time 
would harden and render the walls impervious to cold. Rafters 
were then put up and the roof covered with bark. Various kinds of 
bark were used for this purpose, but that of the canoe birch was 
considered the best. The bark of whatever kind had to be peeled 
when new wood first began to form, usuall}' earh' in June, when it 
could easily be taken off. Nails were then expensive, as it was be- 
fore the days of cut nails, and all had to be hammered out b}' hand ; 
the bark was generally placed upon the roof and kept in place by 
weights of either stone or timber. Oiled paper was used for win- 
dows, for there was no glass. The naked earth formed the floor of 
the cabin, and under constant use, this soon became almost as hard 
as pavement. The fire was built upon the ground and the smoke 
found its waj' out through a hole in the roof. For cooking purpose, 
two forked sapplings were cut and put up, one on each side of the 
fire, a cross piece put on and to this were suspended pots and ket- 
tles by means of hooks and trammels. All the work was carried on 
in this one room, and at night the entire family retired to rest here. 
A similar log Imilding was put up for the little stock which the first 
settlers brought along with them. It was some years after the first 
settlers came before the mills on Concord river were completed, and 
until then there could be no boards for floors or for other building 
purposes. Some of the more enteri)rising laid floors of hewn tim- 
ber, and re-covered the roofs of their houses with long shingles 
rifted from the clear white pine and shaved l)y hand, while others 
lived upon the earthen floors until they could get a supply of sawed 
boards. 

The first chimneys were built partly of stone and partly of wood. 
The fireplace was made of stone and the chimne}' up to the chamber 
floor. Then small pieces of wood laid "cob-house" fashion were 
used to complete it, and the inside of this, as fast as it was laid, was 



HISTOEY OF BUMFOBD. 107 

covered with clay uiortar. There were no ovens, and bread was 
baked in a spider before the fire. Hard wood coals were placed 
under the spider to bake the bottom of the bread, and then the 
spider was turned up in front of the fire to bake the top. Corn and 
rye bread were baked in this way, and flour when it could be had, 
but flour was very scarce. When the Dutch oven came it was a 
great improvement. The common tin baker followed, and then the 
brick oven which was regarded as perfection. In the early days, 
food was not cooked for several days in advance as it now is, but 
ever}' meal was newly prepared and rarely was anything left over. 
The food was of the plainest character, but labor and a good appe- 
tite gave it a relish which the costliest viands fail to have under 
different circumstances. The family' retired early and were astir 
with the birds in summer and long before daylight in winter. 
Sheep were kept as soon as possible, and flax was an essential crop 
in the system of agriculture of the early settlers. Flax was dressed, 
carded, spun and woven at home, the product being used for sum- 
mer clothing for both sexes, for towels and table linen. Wool 
also was carded, spun and woven by the thrifty housewife and her 
daughters, and little save homespun clothing was worn in the settle- 
ment. Cotton was but little worn in those days and was too expen- 
sive for the family of the pioneer settler. Calico, called India cot- 
ton, was worth seventy-five cents per yard, and plain cotton cloth 
fifty cents. They wore better than prints and sheetings do in our 
day. 

The early settlers were neighborly and kind to each other. In 
case of sickness of the head of a family, all the neighbors turned 
out and gave his work a lift, and took care that his family did not 
suffer for fuel. The mode of traveling for some years, was either 
on foot or on horse-l^ack. Women thought little or nothing of 
traveling miles through the woods to visit a neighbor, and men often 
made the journey to Paris, Turner, New Gloucester and even to 
Portland, on foot. The first settlers went to Bethel Hill to get their 
corn and rye ground, and when this mill was out of repair, as was 
frequently the case, they were obliged to go to Paris. There was 
no miller at Twitchell's mill in Bethel ; when a person came to mill 
he hoisted the gate, ground his grist, deposited the toll for the use 
of the mill, and taking tlie balance went his way, and there was no 
one about to molest nor make him afraid. Hay was hauled in on 
sleds the same as those used in winter. Carts were not introduced 



108 • HISTORY OF ItUMFORD. 

for sometime. The first wagon in town, though rudely constructed, 
created a sensation. The body rested on the axles and was nearly 
as large as a modern cart body. The first improvement was a thor- 
oughbrace made of leather, and this was a great advance ; steel 
springs with light and neat body and wheels were a much later pro- 
duction. In those days children were obedient to their parents, and 
it was considered the proper thing for children to assist their par- 
ents until they became of lawful age to act for themselves. All 
this is now changed, and parents are expected to give their children 
such a start in life as shall obviate the necessity of hard work ; this 
is no improvement. 

The early settlers were descendants of the Puritans and Pilgrims, 
and had been taught to respect the Sabbath and its institutions. 
The masses, as soon as meetings were established, attended them, 
none but the sick and those having the care of them, ever remaining 
away from the .Sabbath service. Mothers carried their babes in 
their arms, and the aged were always there, the two extremes thus 
meeting at the house of worship. The earl}' meetings were held at 
private houses in winter and in barns or groves in summer. The 
school-houses were much utilized for Sunday meetings and then the 
churches came. At meeting, strict attention Avas paid to the words 
of the preacher, and sleeping in church was considered a great mis- 
demeanor. The utmost decorum was observed in going to and from 
church, and nothing was allowed to be said or done either in church 
or at home that was incompatible with the sacred day and its proper 
observances. They may have carried their puritanical notions 
somewhat too far, but certainly not as far as modern practices are 
carried in the opposite direction. It will be a sorry time, if it ever 
comes, when the puritan Sabbath shall be abolished or materially 
modified. 

When young men went to work out by the month, eight dollars 
per montii for the six busiest months in the season, was considered 
good wages, and not more than ten dollars was ever paid for an 
extra hand. The labor day was a long one, from four o'clock in 
the morning until dark. Every sick day and every holiday was de- 
ducted at the time of settlement. It was stipulated at the beginning 
that no money should be required. The legal tender in those days 
was the product of the farm. Girls who went out to service re- 
ceived from fifty to seventy-five cents per week. If their work was 
spinning wool, the "stint" or day's work was five skeins of warp or 



HIS TOE Y OF EUMFOED. 109 

six of filling. They would generally do this and gain a little time 
to work for themselves, but with India cotton at fifty to seventy-five 
cents a yard, it took several weeks' work to secure a calico dress, 
though it required much less for a dress then than it does now. 

Farming utensils in the days of the early settlers of Rumford, 
were rude and bungling, and labor saving machines were unknown. 
Plows were made of wood, covered with strips of iron, had straight 
handles and were very unwieldy. Hoes, shovels and pitchforks 
were of iron and three times as heavy as they need to have been. 
Scythe snaths were nearly straight and the scythe bore little resem- 
blance to the elegant implement of to-day, although it cost many 
times more. The horse-hoe and rake, the mowing machine and 
harvester, were all unknown and undreamed of, and even the handy 
grain cradle had not then come. The sickle was the implement 
used for cutting the grain, and back-aching work it was. Yet un- 
der all these disadvantages, large areas were cultivated and good 
crops raised. It required long days of hard labor to accomplish 
this, but the fathers were equal to the emergency. The early set- 
tlers were not free from the superstitious peculiar to their day and 
generation. They observed the signs of the zodiac, and regulated 
the planting of the seed, the harvesting of their crops, and the kill- 
ing of domestic animals for food by what the almanac said of the 
position of the "sign." Many of them believed in hobgoblins, in 
witches, and demonology generally. Fridny with them was au un- 
lucky day in which to engage in any new business or enterprise, and 
it made some persons exceedingly unhappy to get the first sight of 
the new moon over their left shoulder. Persons could be found who 
claimed the power of charming wounds, thereby easing pain and 
hastening the healing process. In fact there was scarcely any end 
to tlieir fancies and foibles, and traces of these superstitions are still 
found in some localities. 

But the early settlers of Rumford were grand people in their waj'. 
They were heroes and heroines. They did not make war on their 
kind and subdue cities, Imt they subdued the howling wilderness 
and caused it to bud and blossom as the rose. By their hardships 
and privations, by their energy and perseverance, they paved the 
way and mtide it easy, for the peace and plenty which their poster- 
ity enjoys. They not only left a goodly heritage in cultivated and 
productive lands, but that unparalleled patriotism which showed itself 
in tlie late war for the perpetuity of the union, and which sent to 



110 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

the front nearly lialf of the legal voters of the town, was Init the 
elaboration of that spirit which incited the fathers to take up arms 
in the war for independence ; it was a determination to preserve 
what the fathers achieved, the perpetual union of these States. 
The fatliers have passed away. The Abbots, the Ackleys, the 
Adamses, the Farnums, the INIartins, the Howes, the Virgins, the 
Colbys, the Lufkins, the Kimballs, the Silvers, the Keyeses, the 
Rolfes, the Eatons, the Moors, tlie Dolloffs, the Dolle^'s, tlie Bart- 
letts, the jNIorses, the Kichardsons and scores of others who came 
to this town Avhen it was a wilderness and who aided in making it 
what it now is, have long since mingled with the soil upon which 
they trod, and few, very few of their sous or daughters survive. 
But their memory lives, and let it live, and ever remain green and 
fragrant, and let their achievements be repeated to their children's 
children through succeeding generations, and if this volume shall in 
an}' degree contribute to that end, its mission will not have been in. 
vain. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



POST-RIDERS AND POST OFFICES. 



mB^N 1815, the first Post Office in Rmiiford was established, and 
^^ until there was a Post Office, mail carriers were, of course, 
unnecessary. A Post Office was established in South Paris in 1801, 
and in Norway Village the same year. One had been established 
in Waterford the year previous, and in Fryeburg in 1798, and for 
many years these offices supplied all the back towns in the county. 
There were comparatively few papers printed then, and in Maine 
no dailies ; postage and stationery were expensive, money very 
scarce, and very few letters were written or received. What a con- 
trast in this regard, between 1800 and 1890 ! Now a daily mail 
from Boston is supplied to nearly all the interior towns of the State, 
and on all the lines of railway two or more mails daily. In Rum- 
ford, where seventy-five years ago scarcely half a dozen weekly 
papers were taken, and a letter was seldom seen, large pouches are 
now required to convey the numerous papers and periodicals 
and the scores of letters daily received and sent out by the people. 
What would a citizen of Rumford say to-day, if he had to go nearly 
twenty-five miles to the nearest Post Office, but sudh was the case 
at the beginning of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, 
and prior to one thousand eight hundred and one, the nearest offices 
were at Fryeburg and New Gloucester. When the first office at the 
Point was opened in 1815, the mail was brought through on horse- 
back. The Post-rider came from Portland by way of Baldwin, and 
after distributing the mails in western Oxford, on Monday, he 
would come by way of Norway to Paris through Woodstock to 
Rumford. The mail was supposed to arrive here once a week, but 
there were many lapses and failures to do so owing to severe storms, 
the bad condition of the i-oads, and other, and sometimes trivial, 
causes. About the year 1812, a carriage was put on the route 
between Portland and Paris, and in 1820, a four horse coach was. 
needed and put upon the route. After a few years, as offices were 



112 . HISTORY OF RUMFOIW. 

established, the route was extended to Andover, and down the river 
to Dixtiekl and Peru. 

The first Post OMice was established at Dixfield in 1817, with 
John Marble, Jr., as Postmaster; at Andover in 1824, with Syl- 
vanus Poor as Postmaster; at I\Iexico in 1829, with Isaac Gleason 
as Postmaster; in Hanover in 1850, with Phineas H. Howe as 
Postmaster ; in Peru in 1833, with Hezekiah Walker as Postmaster ; 
at North Bethel (Bean's Corner) in 1831, with Phineas Frost as 
Postmaster ; in Newry in 1828, with John Kilgore as Postmaster. 
The first Post Oflice in this town was near Kumford Point, which was 
then the principal business center. It continued to be kept here 
until 1841), when it was moved across the river to Rumford Corner. 
The following year an olllce was established called Rumford Poiut, 
with Otis C. Bolster as Postmaster. There are now five Post 
Otlices in town, and the date of their establishment, with the names 
and date of appointment of the earlier Postmasters, are given 
below : 

Rumford. Nathan Adams, Jr., Jan. 12, 1815; Stephen G. 
Stevens, Mar. 23, 1830; Moses F. Kimball, Feb. 24, 1831 ; Otis 

C. Bolster, July 23, 1841 ; Lyman Rawson, Julj' 29, 1845 ; Edward 
Stevens, June 9, 1849: Timothy Walker, June 6, 1853; William 
J. Hayden, Dec. 24, 1850 ; Peter C. Virgin, May 8, 1861 : Klipha- 
let H. ITutchins, April 5, 1870. Postmasters since appointed: 
Fred A. Barker, Otis Howe and elohu H. Wardwell. 

RuMFOKD Point. Otis C. Bolster, June 20, 1850; Warren 
Mansur, Apr. 6, 1855; Charles A. Kimball, Oct. 4, 1862. Post- 
masters since : Charles W. Kimball, H. Kloise Abbot. 

RuMKORi) Centku. Joshua Graham, Aug. 1, 1849; Patrick 
Hoyt, Apr. 6, 1853 ; James M. Dolloff, July 31, 1854 ; Francis A. 
Bacon, July 6, 1861; Betsey Eaton, Nov. 8, 1866; Henry A. 
Small, June 17, 1867; Nathan S. Farnham, Mar. 31, 1881. Ap- 
pointed since : Ronello C. Dolloff. 

P^AST RuMKoui). William Wheeler, Jan. 31, 1823; Alvan IJol- 
ster, Feb. 12, 1825, Dennison S. Marble, Apr. 5,1857; Clarendon 

D. Marble, Nov. 16, 1859; Nathan Abbot, Oct. 23, 1860; Phebe 
S. Mitcliell, Dec. 17, 1863; Augustus J. Knight, June 20, 1864; 
Henry S. Hall, Sept. 21, 1868'; Wilson Thomas, Oct. '2i), 1868; 
Charles E. Virgin, Apr. 26, 1871 ; Charles F. Wheeler, June 3, 
1872: Wilson Thomas, July 30, 1873; Elienezer Virgin, 2d, Jan. 
24, 1876; Floretta L. ^'irgin, Dec. 5, 1877; Daniel F. Putnam, 
Sept. 11, 1879. Since iippointed : Wilson Thomas. 

North Rumford. Simeon F. Frost, June 5, 1868; Thomas L. 
Smitli, Apr. 22, 1870; Frank E. Hoyt, July 11, 1872. 



HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 113 

The first mail-carrier or post-rider to bring tlie mails into Oxford 
count}' was Jacob Howe, a native of Ipswicli, Mass. He com- 
menced in 1799, and for two years his route was from Portland to 
Bridgton. Then he extended it to Norway and Paris, and in 1802, 
he commenced going weekly rounds, starting from Portland and 
passing through Gorham, Raymond, Standish, etc., to Bridgton 
and Waterford, and returning by way of Norway, Paris, Hebron, 
Poland, New Gloucester and North Yarmouth. Mr. Howe was 
succeeded by Seba Smith of Bridgton, and he by William, son of 
General Benjamin vSawin of Waterford. Joshua Pool of Norway 
was also an early post-rider. James Longley of Waterford, was 
the first to run a stage direct from Paris to Pc>rtland, and return by 
the same route. He was succeeded by John B. Stowell, and he by 
Grosveuor G. Waterhouse. When Mr. Waterhouse became pro- 
prietor of the route, he run a daily stage from Portland to Paris, 
where he connected with two tri-weeklies, one for Lancaster, N. H., 
by way of Bethel, and the other for Rumford, Andover and Dix- 
field. 

The early post-riders went on horseback, having their mail pouch 
strapped on behind the saddle. The^' also carried mail matter in 
their pockets and in their hats, which they kindly distributed along 
their route. They were not obliged to do this, but it was a great 
convenience to the scattering settlers in a new country', where the 
Post Offices were far distant. The post-rider generally carried a 
tin horn, and a blast from it would warn the householders of his 
approach so that he would ])e delayed as little as possible. When 
people lived off from the route, a little box fastened to a post where 
their road turned off, became the depositor}' of their letters and 
papers. The post-rider was well known to every man, woman and 
child along his route, and his arrival and departure were the chief 
incidents of the week. When a tri-weekly mail between Portland 
and Rumford was established, it seemed as though the ne plus ultra 
in mail arrangements had been reached, and the people along the 
route felt themselves highly favored. The principal drivers at this 
time were Mr. Waterhouse himself, Oreu Hobbs, William Gallison 
and Addison A. Latham. From Rumford to Dixfield, and also to 
Andover, extra drivers were employed. ' 

The building of the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence railroad through 
Oxford county in 1^50 and LSol, wrought a great change in staging 
and mail facilities. Bryant's Pond station on this road was opened 

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114 IIISTOJiY OF nUMFOIiD. 

in 1851, and since that time a daily stage to Kuniford, Audovcr and 
Dixfield, has furnished the towns on its route witli a daily mail. The 
old through drivers of stage coaches, Waterhouse, Latham, Hobbs 
and Gallison, all became conductors on the railroad, and have long 
since been dead. Some of the drivers on the new route between 
Bryant's Fond and Kumford and beyond, have been James W. 
Clark, James Dingley, Stephen Seavey, Edmund M. Ilobbs, Joseph 
Tuttle, John F. Wright, Henry Abbot, Azel Tuttle and John "Wood- 
man. The early post-riders from Paris to Rumford and Andover, 
were hired by the contractors between Portland and Paris, and their 
names have not come down to us. Among the early carriers down 
the river was Grosvenor Farwell, who rode on horseback and deliv- 
ered the mail to the settlers along the route. But all such primitive 
methods have long since passed away, and are remembered only by 
a few aged people. In newly settled regions, remote from railroad 
facilities, the same thing is now going on, and in our extended 
country it will be a long time ere the log-house and the post-rider 
will be everywhere numbered with the tilings of the past. 



chaptp:r XVIII. 

RUMFORD SURNAMES AND THEIR ORIGIN. 

iiURNAMES are of comparatively recent origin, and were only 
adopted when they became necessarj^ to distinguish families 
as well as individuals. The adoption of Hebrew names, such as 
David, Moses, Joshua, etc., which followed the spread of Chris- 
tianity, rendered these names so common that it became necessary 
to have some other name to distinguish persons, and at first and 
for some time soubriquets or nicknames were used for this purpose. 
Surnames began to be used in P'rance in the tenth century, and in 
England immediately after the Norman conquest, and some say a 
little before. Surnames are derived from ol)jects in nature, from 
color, quality, professions or occupations, from the seasons and 
other subdivisions of time, from arms, costumes, and there are 
many the origin of which cannot now be given, though there were 
doubtless good and sufficient reasons at the time of their adoption. 
The prevailing names in Rumford are the same as those in other 
towns in the county, though there are a few exceptions. A list of 
Rumford surnames, with the origin of such as are known, is given 
below. 

Abbot, the head or chief of an abbey. 

Adams, same as Adamson ; son of Adam. 

AcKLEY, from ack, oak, and leigh, land ; Oakland. 

Austin, a contraction of Augustine ; great ; renowned. 

Andrews, son of Andrew. 

Arnold (German), faithful to his honor. 

BiSBEE, originally Besbedge, derivation not known. 
Bartlett, little Bart. 

Blake, a corruption of Ap Lake ; son of the lake. 
Berry, from Berri, a province in France. 
Bragg, eloquent ; also, accomplished ; brave. 
Bolster, an intrenchment ; also, a place in Wales. 



116 . IHSTOIiV OF BUMFOBD. 

Baxter (Anglo-Saxon), bagster, a baker. 

Bunker (Givlic), a strong foundation. 

Black, color. 

Browk, color. 

Blanchard, or Blanciier, a bleacher. 

Baker, a trade ; a baker. 

Barker, same as Tanner ; a tanner. 

Burke, a corruption of Burgs ; a fort or castle (Norman). 

BoswoRTH (Gaelic), bosch, a wood, and worth, a place or farm. 

Bracket, a bracket. 

Bean, meaning obvious. 

Bryant, dignity, honor. 

Bowker, a Swedish name. 

Buck, armorial bearings. 

Brock (Saxon), a badger. 

BoDWELL (Cor. Br.), bod, a house ; house by the well or spring. 

CoBURN, a high hill. 
Curtis, courteous. 

€USHMAN. 

"Cobb, meaning obvious ; also, a harbor. 

Crockett (Danish), crooked, bowed or bent. 

Chili>, a child. 

Carter, name of a trade. 

Chamberlain, a chamberlain. 

Chapman, a trader. 

Clement (Latin), mild, gentle. 

Colby, local ; a town in Denmark. 

Caldwell, Colwold ; wood of hazels. 

Chew. 

Chase, obviously, the "chase." 

Chandler, originally a maker and seller of candles. 

Door, a door. 

Dallokf, or DoLuooK. 

Delano (French), De Ja Noye. 

Dolly, same as Doyle ; D'Oily, a place in France. 

DuRoiN (Gii'lic), (luirche, dark; hence swarthy. 

DWINAL. 

Douglass (Gu'lic), the dark, green river. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 117 

DuNLEY, from dun, a castle, and high, a pasture. 

Davis, son of David. 

Drake (Gtelic), a drake. 

Dunn, a parish in Scotland. 

Deakborn, well born. 

DusTiN (Welsh), steward of a feast. 

Elliot (Welsh), Heh'ot, a huntsman. 

Ellis, contracted from Elias. 

Eaton, ea, water, and ton, a town. 

Eastman, an eastern man. 

Evans, the Welsh for John ; same as Johns. 

Ethridge (.Saxon), a range of high hills. 

Elkins, little Eli, or son of Eli. 

Farnum or Farnham (Saxon), /earn, fern, and ham, home. 

Flint, meaning obvious ; also, a town in Wales. 

Frost, meaning obvious ; also (Welsh), a brag. 

Fuller, same as clothier. 

Frye (Cornish), a hill or eminence. 

FoYE, local. 

Finney (Gaelic), sincere, true. 

P'ox, an animal ; hence crafty, sly. 

Graham (Anglo-Saxon), sullen, stern, courageous. 

Glenis, from glyn, a woody place. 

Godwin, same as Goodwin, or Gooden ; win by help of God. 

GoDDARD, God-like. 

Greenleaf, the green leaf. 

Gould, or Goold, same as Gold. 

Green, with reference to color. 

GooDNOw, GooDENOUGH and Godenot, a town in Germany. 

Goodwin, same as Godwin. 

Glover, a trade. 

Goss (Saxon), a goose. 

Hannaford, the old way. 

Harding, an encampment. 

Holt, a peaked or pointed hill. 

Hopkins, same as Hobkins ; little Hob, or little Uobertr 

Howard, keeper of a hall. 



118 HISTOJiY OF nUMFOBD. 

HuTcniNS, child of Hugh. 

Hutchinson, son of Hutchins. 

HoDSDON or HoixiDON, strong counsel. 

Howe, hoo, a hill. 

Hemmingway or Hemmenway, the right way. 

HiNKSON, son of Hink. 

Hall, a hall, a public room. 

Hardy, bold, free, noble. 

HOYT. 

HoLMAN (German), Allemand ; a mixture of all men. 

Harper, a harper. 

Hughes, son of Hugh. 

HiGGiNS, little Hig or Hugh ; son of Hugh. 

Irish, a native of Ireland. 

Jackson, son of Jack or John. 
Jacobs, son of Jacob. 
Jordan (Hebrew) , river of Judgment. 
JuDKiNS, little Jud, or son of Judd. 

Kimball, or Kemble, same as Campbell. 

Keys or Keyes, an old Roman word for warden. 

Kidder, a dealer ui corn. 

Knapp, a lad, l)oy, servant or workman. 

Knight, an officer ; a knight. 

Kyle (Gielic), Coill, a wood; local. 

King, a head or leader ; a king. 

Kennison, son of Kennard, which means a leader. 

Lane, a plane ; level land. 

LuFKiN or LovEKiN, meaning obvious. 

Lovejoy, meaning obvious. 

Lang, same as Long. 

Little, with regard to size. 

LiNDSEY, local ; a manor in Essex, England. 

LiTTLEiiALE, meaning obvious. 

Mansur or Manser (Dutch), a male issue. 
Martin, a chief; a warrior (Givlic). 
McAllister, son of Allister. 
Monroe, Mont Roe, a mountain in Ireland. 
Moody, an anchorite or monk. 



HL'^TOBY OF EUMFORD. 119 

Moore (Ga?lic), great; chief; tall; mighty. 
Morse, a coutractiou of Morris ; a hero. 
Morton, great or big hill. 
Merrill, Merel, a town iu Savoy. 
MoREY or Moer, a marsh or feu. 
Mann (German), a master ; same as Herr. 
Marston, a fortified town or place. 
Mitchell, a corruption of Michael. 

Needham, a market town iu Suffolk, England. 
Newton or Newtown, meaning obA'ious. 
Nelson, sou of Neil or Nel, 

Paine, a rustic. 

Page, a page. 

Peabody or Pabodie, the mountain man. 

Perry, a strong place. 

Porter, a porter. 

Putnam (Dutch) house by the well. 

Puffer, same as Blower. 

Parker, keeper of a park. 

Parlin. 

Poland, name of a country. 

Philbrook, from philos. lover, and brook. 

Pettingill, a small woody glen. 

Rawson, corruption of Ravenson. 

Reynolds, sincere. 

Richardson, son of Richard. 

Richmond, eloquent. 

Ripley, a market town in Yorkshire. 

Russell, red-haii-ed. 

RoLFE, same as Ralph, a counsellor or help. 

Roy, meaning obvious. 

RowE or Roe (Gaelic), red-haired, or a river that overflows. 

Roberts, son of Robert. 

Silver, meaning obvious. 

Shaw, a lawn, or au open space in the woods. 

Smith, smithan, to smite or strike. 

Snow, snoo, cunning, crafty. 

Stearns or Sterne, harsh, severe, crafty. 

Stevens, son of Stephen ; (Greek) Stephanos. 



120 - II I STORY OF HUM FORD. 

Stilks or Stylks, "At the style," "Atstyle," and then "Styles." 

SwAiNE, a swan ; a youthful hertlsmau. 

Segaii, segur ((xcrmau), victorious; powerful. 

Smali-, with reference to size. 

Short, refers to height. 

Shkldon (Cor. liritish), local, spring in the valley. 

Spokfokd, from spoor, a projection, and ford. 

Stockbridgk, local. 

Sw^iFT, with regard to motion. 

Taylor, tailor ; a trade. 

Thomas, a twin ; called in Greek Didymus. 

Thompson, son of Thomas. 

Thurston, the hill where Thor was worshiped. 

ToRKEY, a conical hill. 

Tyler, a tiler or tyler. 

TWOMBLY. 

Trask. 

TuiMBULL, same as Tumhall, signifying strength. 

Virgin (Latin), virgo, a virgin. 

Whidoen, Wheaden ; local ; name of a village. 
Wakefield, a market town in Yorkshire. 
WiNKLEY or Winklen, derivation not known. 
AVashburne, from Wash and burn, a brook. 
WiLLARi), strength of character. 
Walker, a fuller. 

Walton, wold, a wood, and ton, a town. 
Warren, Vareyina, a town in Normand}', whence they came. 
Webster, a weaver. 
Whitman, weighty ; ponderous. 
Withington, Witherhigtoii, the dry hill. 
Wardwell, a good warden or keeper. 

Whittemore, same as Whitmore ; white, relating to color, and 
more, tall, mighty (Gaelic). 
Wood, meaning obvious. 
Wheeler, a maker of wheels ; wheelwright. 
Wright, an artificer. 
Wyman (Dutch), a hunter. 

YouK, a city in England. 
Young, with reference to age. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. 



^OR many years after Rnmford was settled intoxicating liquors 
were sold at the taverns and at the stores, and there was 
scarcely anybody who did not use them in their families. It formed 
a part of the stock of all traders, and was considered as important 
to have on hand as other articles of household consumption. It 
was retailed on the premises and sold in any desired quantity to be 
carried away. The laborer in the field and shop felt the need of 
its exhilarating influence ; it flowed freely at raisings, felling bees, 
huskings and trainings ; if a neighbor called on a neighbor, it was 
considered discourteous not to offer him something to drink ; it was 
considered indispensable on funeral occasions ; parents drank with 
their children and the minister with his flock ; in fact, its use was 
universal, and no one, so far as we can see at this day, seemed to 
see auy impending evil in this indulgence. This seems very strange 
to us now, with the flood of light that has been thrown upon the 
subject since that time ; but they did not have the benefit of modern 
scientific investigation, and seem also to have been morally lilind 
upon the whole subject. 

The result of the unrestricted sale and use of intoxicating liquors 
after a time began to be seen and felt. Drunkards began to multi- 
ply, poverty followed in its train, and the records show that entire 
families were thrown u})on the town, the cause of which could be 
easily traced to over-indulgence in strong drink. During the minis- 
try of Rev. Daniel Gould, although he did not hesitate to indulge 
in a social glass when he called upon his parishioners, intemperance 
became fearfully common in the church, and many members were 
disciplined for this vice. Not only were male members dealt with 
for drunkenness and profanity, but occasionally a female was sus- 
pended for the same causes, and still there was no organized effort 
to stay the evil for many years. It continued to be dispensed 
at the taverns, of which there were several in this town, and at each 



122 HI STORY OF BUMFORD. 

of the several stores. The men who engaged in the business were 
the most popular men in town. They were honored with town 
office, with office in the militia, and were sent as representatives to 
the Maine Legislature. They were men whose characters were 
above reproach in all other respects, and it was considered no sin 
to keep and dispense that for which there was a universal demand. 

A movement for the suppression of intemperance was begun in 
Massachusetts as early as 1812, but it made slow progress. As the 
result of years of agitation, the American Temperance Society was 
organized in 1826, and subordinate societies soon began to be 
organized in the several New England States. In 1829, thirteen of 
these societies were in Maine. The first one was organized in 
Prospect in 1827. There was one organized at Livermore in 1828, 
one at Bethel in 1829, and one in Paris in 1832. In 1834 there 
were societies in Dixfield, Sumner, Bethel and Andover, but none 
in Rumford. In 1833, the Maine State Temperance Society was 
organized in Augusta, with Governor Samuel E. Smith as Presi- 
dent. At this meeting reports were made from various towns in 
this county, but none from Rumford. Buckfield reported, "oppo- 
sition to temperance reform ])y political demagogues, followed by 
their supporters, half drunk." Andover reported, "opposition by 
the intemperate," and Sweden, "opposition is composed of aU 
classes, but two rival candidates for office have more influence than 
all others." Later, Rumford may have had a temperance society, 
under the auspices of the State Society, but if it had, its records 
are lost, and during those years there is nothing to show that the 
people here took any active interest in the cause, or made any effort 
to help it on. Interested in it they must have been from varying 
reasons, but things appear to have drifted on in mucli their own 
way. In 1833, a union temperence society had been organized at 
Paris, composed largely of lawyers, and Peter C. Virgin was a 
member. At a meeting this 3'ear, counnittees were a[)i)()inted in 
each town to solicit memberships, and the committee for Rumford 
was Henry Martin. The records are not in existence, and the 
results attained cannot be stated. 

Tlie "NVashingtonian movement, which l)egan in a small way in 
the city of Baltimore, reached Oxford county in 1842, and found 
strong S3'mpathy in Rumford. There was a general awakening 
here, and many signed the pledge and kept it. David Knapp, who 
lived at the Falls, became an eloquent advocate of total abstinence 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOBD. 123 

in this and adjoining towns. Inebriates not only reformed them- 
selves, but used ever}' effort to bring others into the organization. 
It was during this reform that the character of the celebrations on 
the fourth of July was changed, and temperance advocacy and 
reform took the place of drunken revelry. 

At a town meeting in Rumford, during the latter days of the 
Washingtonian movement, the following resolutions were offered 
and passed, practically unanimously, thus showing the advanced 
position of the people of the town upon the subject of temperance 
at this time : 

'^Resolved, That we do most earnestly plead with our fellow citi- 
zens to quit a business which must be uncomfortable to themselves 
if they ever reflect on the subject, as being partakers in the crimes 
and melancholy deaths so frequently occurring under the influence 
of intoxicating drinks sold by them, and only to get money. 

^^ Resolved, That we, the citizens of Rumford, have in lawful town 
meeting assembled, in behalf of the wives, children and friends of 
those whose deaths have been caused by rum, and in behalf of our 
wives, sons and daughters, enter our most solemn protest against 
liquor selling as a beverage, as an immorality that ought no longer 
to continue. 

^^ Resolved, That the licensing board of this town are hereby 
instructed to license two persons to sell ardent spirits for medicinal 
and mechanical purposes only, who shall give bonds for the faith- 
ful discharge of their trust ; the said venders shall keep an account 
of their sales, with the names of all purchasers and purposes for 
which it was bought." 

The Washingtonian movement accomplished a great amount of 
permanent good, but all such movements have their decline and fall 
as well as their inception and growth. There was wanting in it 
that concert of action to give it permanency. But Rumford had 
become a temperance town, and ready to take part in the organiza- 
tions which have succeeded each other since the great Washingto- 
nian movement died out. The Sons of Temperance, Temperance 
Watchmen and Good Templars have each served to keep the tem- 
perance ball in motion, and each has been productive of great good. 
The temperance cause, like all great moral movements, requires 
constant and untiring effort. It requires "line upon line and 



124 HISTOIiY OF liUMFOED. 

precept upon precept," and is worthy the efforts of the greatest 
minds. Every new organization brings to the front a new class of 
workers, and so the good work goes steadily on. Hiunford has not 
only endorsed moral means for the recovery of the fallen, but on 
each occasion, when the question of prohibition has been submitted 
to the people, it has given the principle a hearty support. Among 
the persons who were quite early interested in temperance work, 
besides the ministers, were Samuel 8. Snow and Dea. Henry 
Martin. 

Kumford Division of the Sons of Temperance was organized at 
p]ast Rumford in 1(S50. William Frost w^as Patriarch and Ajalon 
Godwin, Secretary. The report of the Secretary for July, IS/iO, 
gives thirty-three members. In April, 1851, its membership had 
increased to seventy, and in July to eighty-two. At the meeting of 
the Grand Lodge in Norway in 1852, Cyrus Small, David Knapp 
and William Frost were initiated and became members of the Grand 
Lodge. Alvan Bolster was initiated the year previous. In 
December, 1852, one hundred members of Rumford Division were 
reported, and in July, 185.'], one hundred and ten. This was the 
largest number reported, and from this time there was a gradual 
decline. Alvan Bolster was Grand Worthy Associate of the Grand 
Lodge in 1850, and Grand AVorthy Patriarch in 1857. In earlier 
times in Rumford he had l)een a retail li(iuor seller, but he took hold 
of the temperance movement vvith a good deal of energy, and con- 
tinued active in the cause to the close of liis life. He had seen the 
evil effects of dram drinking and of the traflic in ardent spirits, and 
was prepared to advocate and work for any kind of suasion that 
would reform the drinker and i)ut a stoj) to the traftic. 

After Rumford Division had gone down and out, Anchor Division 
of the Sons of Temperance was chartered July 14, 1860. Its first 
return was made in October of that year. It then had fifteen mem- 
l)ers. Kimball Martin was Master, and Albert Leavitt, Secretary. 
In December it reported eighteen members, with Frank G. Russell 
as Patriarch and Mark T. Adams Secretary. Their numbers grad- 
ually increased, and in March, 1804, seventy-three were reported, 
which was the maxhnum number. Many of its members, including 
Dr. Frank (i. Russell, went into the army, some of them never to 
return. In September, 1807, its membership was reduced to ten, 
and in May, 18G8, its charter was declared forfeited. All such 
organizations are ephemeral, t)ut these two Divisions of the Sons, 



HIS TOBY OF IIUMFOBD. 125 

covering a period of some fifteen years, did a great amount of good. 
Their secret meetings made tliem attractive, and tlie ritualistic worlv 
when properly rendered, was very impressive and calculated to 
create a lasting impression. They were educators in the work of 
temperance and reform, and many who quit the inebriating cup in 
order to become members, returned to it no more. 



CHAPTER XX. 

FREEMASONRY. 

fRp:EMASONRY was planted in Rumford in 1819, and in a 
W 

fertile soil. The movement had a good backing, and the 

early members were leading citizens in this and the surrounding 
towns. The nearest lodge had been at Livermore, and several of 
the charter members of Blazing Star Lodge had been made masons 
there. The next nearest one and the oldest in the county was 
Oxford Lodge at Norway. Blazing Star Lodge, therefore, had a 
large jurisdiction, including, in addition to the town of Rumford, 
the towns of Mexico, Dixfield, Audover, Newry, Bethel, Woodstock 
and Greenwood, besides several plantations. The early records are 
lost, and a consecutive history of the lodge from year to year is 
quite impossible. Tlie lodge prospered for several years. Its 
meetings were well attended, and there were constant accessions to 
its numbers from among the best men within its jurisdiction. But 
the great anti-masonic movement affected the fraternit}' here as it 
did nearly everywhere else. The interest became dormant and in 
many cases died out. The principles of the order were cherished in 
the hearts of true masons, but there were no outward demonstra- 
tions. This condition of things lasted for several years. There 
were no meetings, and the valuable early records were either lost or 
destroyed. Then came a revival ; the scattered brethren were 
called together and the lodge was reorganized. Since that time 
there has been a steady growth, though slow at times, and Blazing 
Star Lodge has had its sh-are of prosperity. The jurisdiction of 
tliis lodge has been much dnuinit;hed by the estal>lishnient of lodges 
r,t Dixfield, Turner, V.'ccdsto-k and Bethel. 

Blazing Star Lodge of Fri'i.- ;uk1 Accepted Masons was instituted 



120 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, IMiirch 
11, 1819. Tlie charter members appear to have been Joseph K. 
White, AVilliain Wheeler, Josci)h Lufkin, Ingalls Bragg, Farnum 
Abbot, Ileury Farwell, Winthrop Knight, Jonah Hall, Tillsou Hall, 
Obediah Kim])all and Abel Wheeler. The first communication is 
said to have been held at the residence of William AVheeler, who 
was much interested in the establishment of the lodge. The meet- 
ings of the lodge were held in Rum ford until 1861. In August of 
that year, a petition for the removal of the lodge to Mexico was 
approved by the District Deputy Grand Master, and this was 
carried into effect before the Annual Communication of the Grand 
Lodge in 1802. The reasons urged for its removal were, that Mex- 
ico was more nearly in the centre of the jui'isdietion, and that the 
place of meeting in Kumford was inconvenient and unsafe. The 
meetings were held in Mexico until 1870, when arrangements were 
made for a new lodge at Dixfield and the return of Blazing Star 
Lodge to Rumford Centre. This was carried into effect during the 
year, and there was rejoicing in Rumford that their old masonic 
home had been restored. 

Jn 1829, the lodge had twenty-seven members; in 1830, twenty- 
six members. There had been one death during the year. The 
same report as to number of members was made in 1831. In 1832 
the following officers were elected : Master, Joseph II. Wardwell ; 
Senior Warden, Samuel Lufkin; Junior Warden, Benjamin Poor; 
Treasurer, Moses F. Kimball ; Secretary, Hezekiah Ilutchins, Jr. ; 
Senior Deacon, James N. Brickett ; Junior Deacon, Amos Andrews ; 
Francis Cushman, Senior Steward ; Thomas Bragg, Junior Stew- 
ard ; Curtis P. Howe, Tyler. The following are the members at 
this time : Francis Swan, Aaron Graham, David H. Farnum, Moses 
Abbot, Alvan Bolster, Farnum Abbot, Joseph Adams, Moses 
Merrill, David Kimball, Joseph Lufkin, Joshua Graham, James V. 
Poor, Jonathan Powers, John Lufkin, Colman Godwin, Abel 
Wheeler, Cotton Elliot and Stephen G. Stevens. There was no 
work in the lodge from 1829 to 1833, and from 1833 to and includ- 
ing 1848 no report was made to the Grand Lodge, and Blazing Star 
had no representation at the annual meetings. During all these 
years, the District Deputy Grand Master of the Second Masonic 
District, to which Blazing Star Lodge belonged, made no report. 
It was a dark period for the ancient order, and many prophesied 
that it would never revive again. In 1849, the following were 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 127 

elected officers of Blazing Star Lodge: Master, Nathaniel B. 
Crockett; Senior AVarden, Colmau Godwin; Junior Warden, 
Caleb Besse, Jr. ; Secretary, Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr. ; Treasurer^ 
George G. Bragg; Senior Deacon, James N. Brickett ; Junior 
Deacon, Benjamin W. Tingley ; Senior Steward, Alvan Bolster; 
Junior Steward, David Kimball ; Tyler, Farnum Abbot. The 
whole number of members reported, twenty-two ; number initiated 
during the year, six. 

The next report to the Grand Lodge was made in 1853. The 
whole number of members reported was fifteen ; two had deceased 
during the year. Benjamin W. Tingley was Master ; William Frost, 
Senior Warden ; James N. Brickett, Junior Warden ; Alvan Bol- 
ster, Treasurer, and Caleb Besse, Jr., Secretary. The master was 
Rev. Benjamin W. Tingley of Dixfield, an enthusiastic mason, and 
there was a marked revival of interest through his influence. He 
was re-elected in 1854, with most of the other officers. After 1853, 
reports to the Grand Lodge were regularly made. 

Where the lodge had met in all the years previous to the removal 
to Mexico, cannot now be stated. At first, meetings were held in 
private houses at East Rumford and at the Center. For five years 
prior to 1853, meetings were held at Benjamin Barden's hotel at 
Rumford Corner. In 1853, meetings were interdicted by the Dis- 
trict Deputy Grand Master, because there was no safe and suitable 
place for holding them. Meetings were held at the house of James 
H. Farnum, and afterward removed to the house of James M. Dol- 
loff, who kept a tavern at Rumford Center. 

On account of the loss of the early records, a list of all the chief 
officers cannot be given, but the following, the early ones taken 
from the statements of early members, and the later from the 
records, constitutes a list as nearly correct as it is possible to make 
it at this time. 

The following persons had served as Masters prior to 1844: 
Joseph White, Joseph Lufkin, Alvan Bolster, Francis Swan, Joseph 
H. Wardwell, Benjamin Poor and Hezekiah Hutchins. The Secre- 
taries serving the same period were Abel Wheeler, Curtis P. Howe 
and Hezekiah Hutchins; and the Treasurers, Jonathan Holman, 
Abel Wheeler, Moses Merrill, Aaron Graham, Colman Godwin, 
Amos Andrews and Moses F. Kimball. After the revival in 1844,' 
officers were quite regularly elected, and the records fairly well 
kept up to 1850, since which time there is no break in the records. 



128 HISTORY OF BUMFOIW. 

The following lists show the names of the Masters, Secretaries and 
Treasurers for the years given. 

1844. Hezekiah Hutehins, Joshua Graham, Moses Merrill. 

1845. Hezekiah Hutehins, Joshua Graham, Moses F. Kimball. 

1846. Dennis Gillett, Joshua Graham, Hezekiah Hutehins. 

1847. Dennis Gillett, "William Frost, Hezekiah Hutehins. 

1848. Erastus Hilborn, James Russ, Farnum Abbot. 

1849. Nathaniel I>. Crockett, James lluss, Erastus Hilborn. 

1850. Nathaniel B. Crockett, George G. Bragg, Hezekiah 
Hutehins. 

1851. Benjamin W. Tiugley, Colman Godwin, Alden Chase. 
1854. Benjamin W. Tingley, Alvan Bolster, David C. Farnum. 

1854. AVilliam Frost, David Kimball, James N. Brickett. 

1855. William Frost, David Kimball, James N. Brickett. 

1856. Ivy A. Putnam, David Kimball, James M. DoUoff. 

1857. Iv}' A. Putnam, David Kimball, James M. Dolloff. 

1858. William Frost, David Kimball, James M. Dolloff. 

1859. Ivy A. Putnam, David Kimball, James M. Dolloff. 

1860. Ivy A. Putnam, Mark T. Adams, Dura Bradford. 

1861. Stephen E. Griffith, Isaac Randall, Alvan Bolster. 

1862. Dura Bradford, Alvan Bolster, Henry O. Stanley. 

1863. Dura Bradford, .Tohn Larrabee, Simeon C. Gleason. 

1864. Dura Bradford, John Larrabee, Simeon C. (41eason. 

1865. Dura Bradford, John Larrabee, Joshua T. Hall. 

1866. Dura Bradford, John Larrabee, David O. Gleason. 

1867. Carleton T. Gleason, John Larrabee, Joseph H. Gleason. 

1868. Carleton T. Gleason, John Larrabee, Joshua T. Hall. 

1869. Carleton T. Gleason, John Larraliae, Benj. W. Stock- 
well. 

1870. Carleton T. Gleason, John Larrabee. 

1871. Waldo Pettingill, John Larrabee, Nathan S. Farnum. 

1872. Waldo Pettingill, William Frost. 

The following is a list of those who l)ecame members of Blazing 
Star Lodge, thougli how many were raisfl by this lodge cannot be 
stated on account of tlie loss of the reco; '.-. This list does not in- 
clude the charter members, whose names have already been given : 

l.sil). Aaron Stevens, John Lufkin, Moses Kimball, Dr. Benj. 
Flint, John Kiniiiall, Stephen G. Stevens, Sanuiel Rolfe, David 



HI ST OB Y OF BUMFOED. 129 

Kimball, Freeborn G. Bartlett, Cotton Eilliot, Colman Godwin, 
Ephraim Marble, Jonathan Holman, David H. Farnum, Silas Bar- 
nard, Alvan Bolster, Dr. Joseph Adams, Joseph Holland, Jr., 
Francis Cushman, Isaac Glcason, Moses Kimball, Jr., Joseph 
Yeatou, Gideon Ellis, Jonathan Powers and Phineas Howard. 

1820. Abraham Howe, Moses Abbot, Enoch Abbot, Enos 
Bragg, James L. Bragg, Nathan Knapp, Curtis P. Howe, Elliot 
Spear, Moses Merrill and Asa Austin. 

1821-3. Elijah Spear, Hezekiah Hutchins, Joseph H. Wardwell, 
John Stockbridge. 

1829. James N. Brickett. 

1844. James Russ, Alvah Hobbs, Erastus Hilborn, Wm. Frost. 

1845. Jonathan Blake, Charles A. Kimball, Daniel H. Crockett, 
Joseph Sanborn, Dennis Gillett, Francis Swan, Aaron Graham, 
Amos Andrews, Eben Webster, Francis M. Kimball, Joshua Gra- 
ham, Joshua Graham, Jr., Benjamin Poor, James V. Poor, Hosea 
B. Bisbee, Caleb Besse, Jr., Sylvanus Learned, John S. Cates, 
Algernon L. Cole. 

1846. Nathaniel B. Crockett, Walter N. Barton, Hiram T. Cum- 
mings. 

1847. James F. Abbot, Benjamin Garland, William Howe, Rev. 
Mathias Taylor. 

1848. George G. Bragg, Aaron J. Abbot. 

1849. Edward A. Boyd, Benj. W. Tingley, W. B. Boyd, Rev. 
John Jones, Horatio G. Russ, Benjamin Brown, J. L. Frazier, 
John R. Briggs. 

1850. Alden Chase, Samuel R. Chapman, Job Pi-att, Solomon 
Cushman, PMmund Estes. 

Persons joined since 1850 and prior to 1874: Dr. Thomas. 
Roberts, Rodney M. Farnum, Ivy A. Putnam, James M. Dolloff, 
Hiram Bartlett, lillbridge G. Dunn, Solomon Cushman, Orrin H. 
Lufkin, George R. Randall, Levi Hayes, Frank Dresser, Joseph 
Holman, Hannibal K. Andrews, Simeon C. Gleason, Paschal M. 
Brackett, Lincoln Dresser, Mark T. Adams, Phineas Taber, Dura 
Bradford, William W. Bragg, Charles P. Edmonds, Christopher C. 
Richardson, Nathan S. Farnum, Henry B. Walton, IClisha Winter, 
William W. Davis, Silas Barnard, Isaac Randall, Stephen E. Grif- 
fith, J. A. Livingston Randall, William W. Bolster, John M. Eus- 
tis, Isaac Randall, 2d, John Harper, Daniel S. Tracy, Henry O. 
Stanley, Peter Trask, Henry AY. Park, John Larrabee, Harrison S. 

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130 • in STORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

Walker, George M. l*ark, Elias IJ. Ricliardson, John M. Pollock, 
Arthur McQinlljin, William Fairgraves, Edwin R. Knight, Daniel 
Hall, Beuj. W. Stockwell, Orestes E. Randall, Joshua T. Hall, 
Dewit Clinton Chase, John O. Kidder, Isaac G. Vh-gin, W. Scott 
Mitchell, Calvin M. Rose, Livingston Glover, Charles H. Fuller, 
W. Harrison Child, Renj. Thomas, Joseph H. Gleason, Charles F. 
Wheeler, Asa A. West, Isaiah L. Newman, Oliver P. Gammon, 
Robert ¥j. Martin, David McCart\% Carlton T. Gleason, Joseph L. 
Chai)man, Geo. D. IJisbee, Benj. Edmunds, Ezra IMcIntire, David 
O. Gleason, Harvey A. Reed, William J. Wheeler, Edwin R. 
Abbot, Lyman J. Ripley, W. Wallace Bartlett, William W. Mitchell, 
.John r>. Reed, .Tohn 8. Deane, Benj. Jackson, Joseph C. Ilolman, 
Joseph Hirst, Noah W. Jordan, Patrick H. Hoyt, Lesmore D. Kid- 
der, William H. Fuller, Waldo Pettingill, Daniel Yj. Durgin, John 
D. Storer, William H. Wiley, .James S. Wright, .John F. Ilolman, 
Ebeu N. Harper, Chauncey C. Richardson, John H. Ellis, John F. 
Stanley, Chas. 11, Severy, Harrison Storer, PMward H. AVheeler, 
Francis S. Blossom, Hiram F. West, George Hayes, Virgil Andrews, 
George S. Walker, Henry A. Small, Loren Glover, Nathan S. 
Bishop, Daniel G. Frost, S. Thaxter Putnam, Prentiss M. Putnam, 
William F. Putnam, Charles G. Hall, II. N. Robinson, Edwin W. 
Abbot, Frank Stanley, William C. Marble, Eliphalet H. Ilutchins, 
Lewis A. Thomas, Hiram M. Cox, William P. Brackett, Henry 
Marble, Benj. P. Putnam, H. H. Cole, George W. Roberts, Florus 
n. Bartlett, Winfield S. Howe, Ronello U. Dollofr, William D. 
Abbot, John Howe, William F. Stevens, Jonathan K. Martin, 
Llewellyn G. Martin, William H. Farnum, Charles K. Fox, Lewis 
W. Child, John W. Martin, Elisha F. Goddard, John W. Bennett, 
Bradley C. Frost, Jesse B. Howe, Galen Howe, Edgar H. Powers, 
Lorenzo D. Russell, Elisha A. Childs, J. H. Spoft'ord, John H. 
Howe, George E. Merrill, Henry M. Colby, Edwin G. SpofFord, 
William M. Blauchard, Virgil E. Fuller, Fred F. Bartlett, Asa K. 
Frost. 



CHAPTER XXI. 

holfe's rock. 

j?'^*f^\CT the head of Rumford Falls, or just over the head of the 
fi^^l^ pitch, near the centre of the river, is a spur of the ledge 
which is more or less exposed according to the height of the water. 
In time of freshet it is liable to be completely hidden beneath the 
surface, but a portion of the rock can generally be seen. T!ie ledge 
on each side has been worn away, and as this rock stands near the 
head of the first fall, it is, of course, unapproachable. The river is 
not very broad here, as the mountains ou each side press upon and 
contract it, and around Rolfe's Rock a mist rises from the seething 
waters below. The rock, or the part usually above the surface, is 
not large, some four or six feet across, but the view from it, pro- 
vided one could reach it, must be grand beyond the power of de- 
scription. There was once an involuntary visitor to this rock, one 
who reached it unexpectedly, and who remained upon it much longer 
than he desired. This visitor gave his name to it, and the story of 
his adventure is one of thrilling interest. 

Among the early settlers in Rumford, was Capt. Benjamin Rolfe, 
originally from Concord, N. H. He was a man of great energy and 
push, of remarkable strength of mind and body ; just the qualities 
to constitute the successful pioneer settler where a home is to be 
hewn out in the wilderness, and the land is to be subdued and made 
habitable for civilized man. Mr. Rolfe settled not far above the 
Falls, and his brother, Henry Rolfe, was ou the other side. 
There was a blacksmith shop, and the nearest one, on the opposite 
side of the river in 1808, and sometime in the spring of that year, 
Mr. Rolfe had occasion to cross over to have his horse shod and a 
broken chain repaired. For the purpose of crossing the river with 
teams, the early settlers had a large boat constructed of timber and 
plank, which was set over by means of a stern oar — the process 
known as sculling. It was a busy season of the year, smd Mr. 
Rolfe wished to occupy as few of the working hours as possil)le in 
attending to the business across the river, and so did not go over 



132 inSTOIiY OF RUMFORD. 

until toward night. The person having charge of the boat not be- 
ing present, he set himself across. Now Mr. Kolfe, notwithstand- 
ing his good sense and other sterling qualities, had a weakness 
which was Imt too common with the early settlers of Kumford and 
other newly settled towns. He indulged in intoxicating liquors, 
and sometimes quite freely. On this occasion, while the smithy 
was doing his work, he went to Wheeler's store, and meeting some 
of his townspeople there, he indulged in a social glass or two, and 
did not get ready to recross tlie river until sometime after dark. 
The evening was unusually dark, it being both cloudy and foggy. 
His intellect may also have been a trifle befogged by the potations 
he had imbibed with his friends. Be this as it may, he found it 
difficult to keep the right course, and while he plied the oar the cur- 
rent was imperceptibly carrying him toward the great falls. 

Near Mr. Rolfe's residence, or near the south side of the landing 
for the boat, a l^rawling brook came tumbling over rocks on its way 
to the river, and hearing the sound of troubled waters, he concluded 
that he was near his place of destination. But he was soon unde- 
ceived. The roaring which he heard was the great cataract, and 
before he had time to realize his awful situation, the draught of the 
falls took the boat as though it had been an egg shell and dashed it 
against the rock in the middle of the river. The concussion threw 
Mr. Kolfe with his chain upon the rock, and then the boat swung 
round and was carried over the falls. The horse was also thrown 
out or jumped out as the boat swung round toward the south bank, 
and landed near a large rock, but was in such a position that he 
could not move. The next day he was extricated and proved to be 
not materially injured. 

;Mr. Kolfe sat down upon his rock, and his thoughts could not 
have ])een of the pleasantest character. He well knew that the 
roaring of the waters would prevent his voice being heard by his 
frientls, and there was no way but to spend the time until daylight 
where he was. What added to his discomfort was the rain, which 
continued through the night, and drenched to the skin, in utter dark- 
ness, and deafened by the ceaseless tlumdcrings of the nuiddened 
waters, he remained in his perilous situation from ten o'clock in the 
evening until ten o'clock the next morning, twelve long and dread- 
ful hours. He was constantly tortured by the thougiit that his 
friends might not be able to relieve him, even in daylight, and this 
added greatly to the horrors of his situation. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 133 

In the morning his absence became known to the little neighbor- 
hood and search began to be made. The ferry boat was missing, 
but crossing the river in a small boat, it was ascertained at what 
hour he started on the homeward trip. There was now little doubt 
that he had been carried over the falls, and preparations were being 
made to look for his dead body below, when some one* happened 
to cast his eye along the head of the falls, and saw the outlines of a 
human being enveloped in mist and standing upon the rock in the 
midst of the river. The swollen waters nearly covered the rock, so 
that the lone occupant had little more than standing room. 

The whole neighborhood soon gathered at the falls, and some 
were there from up river, as the news of the probable fate of their 
respected townsman had rapidly spread. At first they were nearly 
paral^'zed with astonishment, but soon began to devise means for 
his relief. They first procured a boat, and with bed-cords on each 
side of the river, let it down to him ; but no sooner had it come into 
the draft of the falls than it rushed by and was dashed in pieces. 
They then obtained a light board canoe and let it down the river 
part of the way, and drew it back to try the force of the water, but 
this was likewise dashed in pieces and destroyed as soon as it en- 
tered the swift water on the precipice. They, however, got a rope 
to him by attaching it to a log which floated down until it struck 
the rock ; he put it around him and under his arms and made it fast, 
then took the chain which he had carried over the river to get 
mended, and which had been landed with him upon the rock, and was 
placing it over one shoulder and under the other arm, to bring it to 
the shore with him. By reason of the roaring of the water his 
friends could not converse with him, but they made signs to him to 
leave the chain where he was, because he would be too heavily 
loaded to bring it with him, and he left it. When all was prepared 
and the rope well manned, Mr. Rolfe coolly and calmly stepped into 
the water, and the men on the shore ran up stream and brought him 
safely to the bank, to the inexpressible joy of all liis friends there 
present, and especially of his family. No sooner had he safely 
landed than he asked for a chew of tobacco, saying "he had lodged 
at a very poor tavern where they had neither rum nor tobacco." 
But he trembled and turned pale when he talked of the perilous sit- 
uation he had been in, and the danger of losing his life while on the 

* Some say that .Jacob Abbot was the first oue to spy Mr. Rolfe perched on the rock; 
but Henry C. Rolfe, now living aged ovpr ninety, recently informed the writer that he 
nimseif was the first to see his uncle Benjamin on the rock. 



134 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

rock and in getting to the shore. After this, his friends and helpers 
being now about forty in number, retired to their homes, and he into 
the bosom of his family again, rejoicing in his safe deliverance from 
imminent danger. 

]\Ir. Kolfe was living in 1826, though at that time he is spoken of 
by Kev. jNIr. Gould as old and infirm, and he died soon after. But 
his rock remains to perpetuate his memory, and generations to come 
as they gaze upon it, surrounded by the seething waters, will mar- 
vel at his almost miraculous escape from impending death. Had 
the boat readied the falls a few feet, or perhaps inches, cither way 
from wliat it did, there had been no Rulfe's rock, and no longer any 
Benjamin Kolfe. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

CHURCH HISTORY. THE CONGREGATIONALISTS. 

telHE Congregational Church of Rumford had a small beginning 
^K iJi eighteen hundred and three, but it increased rapidly in 
numbers and influence and soon became the leading church and 
society in the town. Its early records were well kept, more especi- 
ally during the pastorate of Rev. Daniel Gould, but since that time 
there have been many omissions. Previous to the organization of 
the church, there were a few members of what was then called the 
standing order in town, persons who had been members of the 
churches where they had previously lived. There had been occa- 
sional preaching in town by itinerants and missionaries of this form 
of faith, and among those who came and preached and baptized the 
children, were Rev. Joshua Crosby, Rev. Jotham Sewall, and Rev. 
Daniel Gould who had been settled over the church in Bethel. The 
latter was here in April, one thousand eight hundred and one, for 
he records the fact that on the fifteenth day of that month he bap- 
tized a child for Nathan Adams by the name of Harriet. On the 
fifteenth of June following, he baptized a child for Silas Howe by 
the name of Hannah. On the following day he baptized four chil- 
dren for Benjamin Farnum, by the names of Polly, Merrill, Azubah 
and Sally. Two years after, July thirty-first, he baptized a child 
for John Howe by the name of Calvin. 

The following document records the beginning of the church or- 
ganization : 

"Joshua Graham, Benjamin P\arnum, Hezekiah Hutchins, Sarah 
Farnum, Betsey Whittemore and Polly Hinkson, having passed 
examination, and giving satisfaction that they were proper subjects 
of gospel ordinances, and giving satisfaction to each other, "they 
were by our assistance embodied into a Congregational Church of 
Christ, and as such they are acknowledged and declared." 

Joshua Crosby, ) ,^. . 
Jotham Sewall, j -^^^'^'^onaries. 
RuMFOKu, August 5, 1803. 



136 III STORY OF II I'M FORD. 

At this meeting Joshua Graham was chosen moderator and clerk. 

At a meeting holden at the house of Abel Wheeler in September 
following, Sally Hutchins and Olive Hinkson were admitted into 
the church. Olive Hinkson, before admission, was baptized by 
Rev. Mr. Strong. 

At a meeting held at the house of Hezekiah Hutchins in April, 
eighteen hundred and four, Polly Elliot was examined and then 
baptized by Kev. Mr. Chadwick. August nineteenth, Nathaniel F. 
Higgins was examined, baptized by Rev. Jotham Sewall, and ad- 
admitted into the church. September sixteenth following, John 
Whittemore was admitted and his children were baptized b}' Rev. 
Vincent Gould. 

Meetings were held nearly every month at dwelling houses, for 
the church had no other place of worship and no pastor. In August 
eighteen hundred and six, a child was baptized for John Whitte- 
more, and was named John. January fourth, eighteen hundred 
and seven, a letter of dismission was given to Betsey Whittemore, 
who was alx)ut to move from the town. The first discipline of a 
memlier is recorded this year, when one is suspended "for taking 
an order from Joshua Graham and denying it." Rev. Alvan Sander- 
son, Rev. David Smith, and Rev. Noah Cressey preached in town 
and baptized children in eighteen hundred and eleven. August 
third of this year, the church voted uuauimously to extend an in- 
vitation to Rev. Samuel R. Hall, who had preached more or less for 
them, to become their pastor. He was ordained November four- 
teenth following. On the seventeenth, Benjamin Elliot, Elias 
Bartlett, David Hutchins, Caleb Eastman,' Molly Sweat, Hannah 
Hutchins and widow Silver, were baptized and taken into the 
church. August second of the following year, Nathan Adams, Isaac 
W. Cleasliy, Molly, wife of Israel Glines, and Mary, wife of Joseph 
Hinkson, were admitted to the church. October twenty-first, Asa 
Howard of Howard's Gore, and wife Lydia, were admitted to the 
church and their children baptized. Dr. Elisha Howe was among 
those admitted in July, eighteen hundred thirteen. In December 
of this year, there were admitted Hannah, wife of Joshua Graham, 
Dolly, wife of Benjamin Morse, Dorothy, wife of Increase Dolly, 
John Bunker, Abel Wheeler, Cotton Elliot, Ephraim Carter, Mary 
Cleasby, Gratia Elliot, Hannah Carter, Susanna Hoyt, and Eliza 
Adams. In January following, Aaron Moor, Thomas Carter and 
Cyrus and Sarah Putnam. 



HISTORY OF BUM FOB D. 137 

In the month of February, eighteen hundred and fourteen, Rev. 
Mr. Hall was taken seriously sick, and the church through a com- 
mittee invited Rev. Daniel Gould, who had been dismissed from 
the Bethel church, to supply the pulpit temporarily. November 
fourteenth Mr. Hall died. Hezekiah Hutchins had previously been 
chosen deacon and also clerk of the church. March fifteenth the 
church invited Mr. Gould to become their pastor, in which invitation 
the town at its annual meeting, concurred, as it also had done in 
case of Mr. Hall. Mr. Gould accepted the invitation April fifteenth, 
and was duly installed May thii-d. The officiating clergymen were 
Rev. John Strickland and Rev. Nathaniel Porter, D. D. At a 
meeting June twenty- fourth following, Benjamin Farnum and 
Joshua Graham were chosen deacons. At this meeting, it was 
voted that no children should be baptized unless one or both their 
parents were members of some church, and in good standing. 

July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixteen, Jeremiah Glines 
was admitted by letter from the church in Concord, N. H. The 
pastor was chosen librarian to receive and loan out to members the 
books given to the church. At a meeting a month later, Mrs. Sarah 
Dane and the widow Sutton were admitted by letters from the 
church at Concord. About this time the church began to have 
serious trouble with some of its members. One man violated the 
eighth commandment and was accused of prevarication to cover it ; 
he confessed and was allowed to remain. Others were guilty of 
the "foul sin of intemperance," and this vice, so prevalent at this 
time with all classes, made no end of trouble. Deacon Joshua 
Graham resigned his office as such, and the same was accepted. 
Many old members at this time waxed cold, and were visited by 
committees of the church. Some were severely dealt with, the 
extreme penalty, that of excommunication, in some cases being 
enforced. October first, eighteen hundi-ed twenty, the pastor and 
Deacons Hutchins and Farnum were chosen delegates to go to 
North Yarmouth and assist in the installation of Rev. Noah Cressey. 
Two years after, February tenth, the same delegates were sent to 
Bethel to assist in the installation of Rev. Charles Frost. June 
second of this year, the church voted to invite James Godwin, 
Eben Virgin and Henry Martin to assist and take lead of singing in 
public worship. June twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, 
John Dane and wife were dismissed to the church in Fayette. Sat- 
urday, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred twenty-seven, was set apart 



138 IIISTOIIY OF BUMFOIiD. 

and observed as a day of fasting and prayer "for the outpouring of 
the Holy Spirit," etc. Elizabet'.i Ray, wife of Elijaii Kay, was 
admitted to the church by letter from the church of Watertown, 
Mass. Near the close of this year the church purged itself by 
turning out several members who had been guilty of very grave 
offences. 

October twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, "the 
meeting house at the Centre was solemnlj' dedicated to the worship 
of God." Colman Godwin was chosen deacon, but declined, and 
thereupon Daniel Hall was chosen, and accepted. During the latter 
part of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the year following, 
there was a remarkable revival in the town of Rumford, during 
which fifty-six members were added to the Congregational church. 
In two communications to the Christinn Mirror^ Mr. Gould gave a 
very interesting account of this reformation and its outgrowth, the 
building of "a new and elegant church edifice at Rumford Centre." 
He has left on record "that the whole gracious work of the revival 
was carried on with great solemnity, regularity and order, and was 
not attended with that blind zeal and enthusiasm which often attend 
revivals." "It is surprising," he continues, "what a great change 
it has made in the town, among the citizens at large, within the 
compass of a year. Public opinion has changed for the better, a 
spirit of love, kindness and benevolence prevails among the inhabi- 
tants, and few, if any, are opposers of the work." 

November tenth, eighteen hundred twenty-eight, the church joined 
the Oxford County Confei'ence. April third of the following year, 
Henry Martin accepted the office of deacon. At the same meeting, 
it was voted that Sunday meetings should be held alternately at the 
Centre and at the Point. October twenty-eight, fourteen members 
were added to the church. July seventh, eighteen hundred and 
thirty-one, by request, Alice K. Parker was dismissed to "Dr. 
Beecher's church in Boston City." June second, eighteen hundred 
and thirty-three. Miss Abi Trumbull was admitted by letter from 
the church in Lowell, Mass. August twenty-fourth of the follow- 
ing year, at a meeting of the church, "voted that Sally Farnum, 
Aaron Virgin, William Delano, Al)igail Delano and widow Polly 
Virgin, be no longer considered under the watch care of this church, 
they having, without liberty, "left their communion and gone to the 
Methodists." September thirteenth, two leading members of the 
church were directed to make public acknowledgment for bad be- 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 139 

havior in the singer's gallery, in each naming a different tune, and 
then disputing about it before the congregation. Mr. Gould hav- 
ing become enfeebled by age, N. W. Sheldon was made associate 
pastor. 

As is usual in such cases, a reaction followed the great revival 
before spoken of, and there were but few accessions to the church 
for some years. There was also trouble between the senior pastor, 
Mr. Gould, and Asa Graham, which was a disturbing element in 
the church and retarded its progress. Otis C. Bolster and Samuel 
S. Snow were admitted to the church in eighteen hundred and forty. 
Mrs. Jeremiah Wheeler was dismissed to the church in Concord. 
Mrs. Dolly Bolster had previously been admitted to the church. 

A council was convened at the house of Peter C. Virgin, Esq., 
at Rumford Centre, October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty, 
for the purpose of installing Rev. Eliphalet S. Hopkins over the 
church in Rumford. Rev. Charles Frost was chosen moderator, 
and William V. Jordan, scribe. Rev. Anson Hirbbard of Andover, 
Rev. William V. Jordan of Dixfield, Rev. Charles Frost of Bethel, 
Rev. Henry Richardson of Gilead, and Rev. Thomas T. Stone of 
Machias, were present and participated. ''The services were per- 
formed in their assigned order." 

December twenty- fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Rev. 
E. S. Hopkins and wife were admitted to the church by letter from 
the church in New Portland. A better condition of things seems 
to have followed the installation of Rev. Mr. Hopkins, and addi- 
tions to the church were more numerous. Among those who joined 
were Peter Thompson, Ajalon Godwin, Sarah and Melinda Elliot, 
David Holt, William Morse, Francis Cushman and wife, Timothy 
Holt and wife, Joseph Holt and wife, Mrs. Mai-y S. Snow, Nathan 
W. Elliot, John S. Colby, Henry Abbot, Wm. H. Furness. Many 
others were admitted during this and the following year. The 
Millerite craze probably had something to do with it, as this excite- 
ment awakened a temporary interest in all the churches in the town 
and vicinity. Mrs. Mary E. Dearborn was admitted by letter from 
the church in Pembroke, N. H. May first, eighteen hundred and 
fifty-two, voted to recommend Samuel S. Snow and wife to the 
church in Saccarappa. February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred 
and fifty-three, the pastor asked for a dismissal, and the same was 
referred to an ecclesiastical council consisting of Rev. jMark Gould, 
Rev. John H. M. Lelaud, Rev. David Garland and several lay dele- 



UO HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 

gates. The council granted his request, but expressed sincere 
regret thereat. He had been a faithful and conscientious pastor, 
and the severing of the relations between him and the church was 
deeply regretted by both. 

After the dismissal of Mr. Hopkins, the church was supplied 
daring the spring and summer, and near the close of the year 
extended a call to Rev. Josiah Goodhue Merrill, who had been sup- 
plying somewhat for the year past. Mr. Merrill came in January, 
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, but the church records give no 
account of his installation. Some difficulty between Mr. Merrill 
and one of his parishioners occurred, and March twenty-seventh, 
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, a committee was chosen "for the 
purpose of settling it." This committee recommended that the 
trouble lie dropped, and be agitated no more in religious meetings. 
Miss Phebe N. MerriU was admitted to the church this year, and 
Henry ^Martin chosen clerk. He made but few records. Chauncey 
Holt was admitted to the church August third, and died three days 
after. Charlotte K., wife of William Elliot, was admitted in 
eighteen hundred and tifty-niue. In eighteen hundred and fifty- 
four, the following were admitted : John E. Elliot, Josiah K. 
Elliot, Lucretia Elliot and Benjamin Elliot. No account is given in 
the record of Mr. Merrill's dismissal, but it is stated that Rev. 
Josiah G. Merrill, Harriet Merrill and Miss Phebe M. Merrill were 
given letters of dismissal July twelve, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
eight. It was probably a year later. The letter was not used, at 
least so far as it related to Miss Phebe M. Merrill, for in eighteen 
hundred and sixty. Jul}- twenty, she was dismissed by letter to the 
church in Salem, Mass. 

The next pastor was Rev. John Elliot. There is no account of 
his installation on the church record, but he moved to Rumford 
Point from Auburn, November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
nine, and became acting pastor. He held the pastoral relation over 
the church until his death, which occurred very suddenly, March 
fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. During Mr. Elliot's 
pastorate he kept the church records, but few entries are made 
except of marriages, deaths and communion services. 

Since the death of Mr. Elliot, the church has had no settled min- 
ister. The summer following, the pulpit was supplied by Samuel 
V. Barnaby, a student of Amherst college, and during the summer 
of eighteen hundred and eighty. Mr. Barnaby again supplied. Rev. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 141 

Joseph Garland was the next supply, followed by Albert Doonell 
of the Bangor Theological Seminary. Angost twenty-fr-- r"r" -r«rn 
hundred and eighty-one. a commnnion service was held i- 

ing by Rev. David Grarland of Bethel, who exch . Mr. 

Donnell. The following persons were admitted to :_- . on 

that day : Cordelia Ray. -Jenette J. Peabody, Marie D. and Emma 
A. Elliot, and Arabella M. Elliot. These were the first additioiis 
for eleven years, and the largest namber received by professioii 
during any year since the revival of one thousand eight hundred and 
forty-three. Daring the summer of eighteen hundred and eighty- 
two there was preaching by .J. A. Jones, a student in Middlebury 
College. August twenty-sixth. Martha Elliot, Henrietta W. Smith 
and Maria Ray were baptized and united with the church. Mr. 
Jones c-ontinued to supply for the two following summers. The 
next supply was by W. J. Cole of Andover Theologic-al Seminary, 
and during the summer of eighteen hundred and eighty-ei^t, 
Thomas McBriar of Boston, from the Bangor Theologic-al Seminary, 
supplied the pulpit. During all these years, the church has been 
closed in winter. 

List of Mk^treks. 

The following is a list of the persons who became members of 
the Congregational church from its organization in eighteen hundred 
and three: -Joshua Graham. Benj. Famum. Hezekiah Hutchins. 
Sarah Famum. Betsey Whittemore, Polly Hinkson, Sally Hutchins, 
Olive Hinkson, Polly Elliot, Xathaniel F. Higgins. -John Whitte- 
more, Dolly Rolfe. Robert Hinkson. Isabel Knapp, SaHy Banker, 
Jacob Abbot, Stilson Eastman, Mehitable Eastman, Abigail Elliot, 
Benjamin Elliot, Elias Bartlett. David Hutchins. Caleb Eastman, 
Hannah Hutchins, Sally Silver. Nathan Adams. Isaac Walker 
Cleasby, Molly Glines, Mary Hinkson, Asa Howard, Lydia Howard. 
Hannah Hall. Dr. Elisha Howe, widow Mary Knight. Chloe Far- 
num, Sarah Hall, Mary Virgin. Aaron Virgin, Comfort Eastman. 
Hannah Graham, Dolly Morse, Dorothy Dolly, John Bunker. Al-el 
Wheeler. Cotton Elliot. Ephraim Carter, Mary Cleasby, Gratia 
Elliot, Lois Elliot, Susanna Hoyt, Eliza Adams, Patty Hemmenway, 
Daniel Gould, Eunice Gould, John Dane, Sarah Dane, Sally Morse. 
James H. Withington. Betsey Abbot. Phebe Sutton. Mary Adams, 
Sarah Virgin. Mary Greenleaf, Betty Famum, Jeremiah Glines. 
Mrs. Gurgins. Jeremiah Virgin, Jane Virgin, Moses Gould, John 



142 niSTOJiY OF liUMFORD. 

Wheeler, Sarah Vh-giu, Mary Rolfe, Elizabeth Woods, Liicinda M. 
S. Smith, Elizabeth Kay, Colnian Godwin, Keziah Godwin, Henry 
Martin, Sarah Martin, John Thomjjson, Jane Thompson, Susan 
Adams, Sarah Brown, Maria Smith, Charlotte Adams, Francis 
Heramenway, Rebecca Hemmenway, Phebe Dolly, Jeremiah Wheeler, 
Colman Hemmenway, David Elliot, Polly Elliot, Wm. Delano, 
Abigail A. Delano, Mary Martin, James Godwin, John Godwin, 
Clarissa Godwin, Lucinda Godwin, St. T.uke Morse, Asa Graham, 
Wm. Frost, Wm. Bowen, James Silver, Azubah Abbot, Alice K. 
Parker, Judith Morse, Daniel Martin, Betsey Martin, Benj. Morse, 
Peter C. Virgin, Aaron Graliam, Geneva Graham, George Graham, 
Hannah Graham, Samuel Farnum, Luther Trumbull, Lydia Knapp, 
Daniel Hall, Dolly Hall, Francis Keyes, Sally Virgin, Abigail God- 
win, Milla Farnum, Hazen F. Abbot, Hannah Abbot, Polly Put- 
nam, Louisa Farnum, Sarah Crockett, Edmund Abbot, George J. 
Farnum, John Farnum, Jr., Simeon F. Frost, Susan Farnum, 
Aehsa Chamberlain, Mary A. Rolfe, Judith Rolfe, Sally IL (Traham, 
Sarah P. P^lliot, Maria C. L. Virgin, Catherine Virgin, Ruth 
Cleasby, Mahala F. Godwin, C'hloe Holt, A''irtue Howard, Betsey 
H. Harris, Dolly Frost, Abi Trumbull, INLary Abbot, Dolly Bolster, 
David Colby, Judith Colby, Susan Sheldon, Samuel S. Snow, Otis 
C. Bolster, Eliphalet S. Hopkins, IMary Anna Hopkins, Peter 
Thompson, Ajalon (iodwin, .'-'arah S. Elliot, Malinda S. Elliot, 
David Holt, Wm. Morse, Francis Cushman, Lydia Cushman, 
Timothy Holt, Nancy Holt, Joseph Colby, INIary \ . Colby, Mary 
S. Snow, Nathan W. Elliot, John S. Colby, Timothy D. Colby, 
Henry Abbot, Wm. 11. Furuess, Elizabeth A. Howe, Dolly M. 
Abbot, Hannah W. Martin, [.ydia M. Carter, Wm. Moody, Mrs. 
Moody, Julian Smith, Sarah A Martin, Jacob Elliot, Betsey Elliot, 
Sophia Stevens, Mary S. Dearborn, Elizabeth Thompson, Deborah 
Hutchins, Josiah G. I\Ierrill, Harriet Merrill, Phebe M. Merrill, 
Josiah K. Elliot, John E. Elliot, Lucetta Abbot, Benjamin P^Uiot, 
Naluim P. Moody, Melville Silver, Melinda Moody, Bradbury Rich- 
ardson, Eutlialia W. Roberts, Lucinda G. Howe, Betsey Glines. 

The following are the names of persons belonging to the church 
in August, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Those marked with a 
star have since died : Sarah Martin, Hannah F. Abbot, Melinda 
S. Caldwell, Peter Tiioinpson,* Henry Al)bot, Nathan W. Elliot, 
Timothy Colby, Lydia Carter Elliot, Jane Martin Colby, Hannah 
W. AL Colby, Loanimi B. Peabody,* William Moody,* Lucretia 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 143 

Abbot, J. Emery Elliot, Josiah K. Elliot, Charlotte K. Elliot,* 
Arabella B. Elliot, Lueinda G. Elliot, Isabel Martin, Harriet C. 
Ray, Jenette J. Peabody, Marie D. Elliot,* Emma A. Elliot, Ara- 
bella M. Elliot, Martha Elliot, Henrietta W. Smith, Mary M. Ray, 
Emma S. Atkinson, John F. P^lliot, Edwin P. Smith, Charles D. 
Elliot, Edmund H. Elliot, John J. Elliot, Matthew H. Elliot, 
Robert T. Howard,* Charlotte M. Elliot, Isa])ella Elliot, Georgiana 
B. Abbot, Dorothy I). Howard, Emma B. Pitcher, Pearl M. P^Uiot, 
Marshall A, Howard. 

The church edifice at Rumford Point, built at an expense of three 
thousand dollars, was formall}' dedicated Mnrch eighth, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-five. The folloAviug is the order of exercises : 

I. Voluntary by the choir. 

II. Hymn read b}' Rev. N. W. Sheldon. 

III. Reading of scriptures, Rev. J. B. Wheelwright. 

IV. Prayer, Rev. Mr. Southworth. 

V. Anthem by the choir. 

VI. Sermon by Rev. U. Balkam. 

VII. Anthem. 

Yiii. Dedicatory prayer by Rev. John P^lliot. 

IX. Remarks by Rev. David Garland. 

X. Anthem. 

XI. Prayer and benediction by Rev. Mr. True of the Methodist 
church. 

The Methodists. 

A Methodist class was the first religious society organized in 
town, and this denomination has had a strong following ever since, 
second to none but the Congregational order, which has always liad 
the lead. Early in the year 1798, Rev. Nicholas Snetheu, tlieu 
stationed in Portland, visited Oxford county and preached in Rum- 
ford. This pioneer of Methodism was of Welsh descent, and was 
born on Long Island, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1769. He became converted 
to the new faith in 1791, and entered the itineracy in 1794 from 
Brooklyn. He was ordained deacon in 1796, and the following 
year was appointed to the IMaine circuit with J. Finnegan. Among 
the other early preachers were Rev. John Adams and Rev. Joshua 
Randal. Rumford circuit w:is formerly a part of Bethel circuit, set 
off with other tov.ns in 1^'32, and Kev. Job Pratt v/as appointed 



144 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

preacher iu charge. He died in 1833, aud was succeeded by Rev. 
E. Hotchkiss. 

John Martin, one of the early settlers, was a local Methodist 
preacher. He died in 1805, and his is the earliest inscription in 
the Kumford Center cemetery. At the general conference held in 
Lynn, IMass., in 1800, Kumford was made a separate charge. The 
tirst class was organized at East Rumford, and a church and par- 
sonage were built here in 1825, and this became the headquarters of 
the circuit. Subsequently a class was formed at Rumford Center. 
By the decrease of members from their moving from town, the 
society became weakened, and the meeting house having become 
dilapidated, it was sold in 1865, and the Methodists united with 
others in the erection of a union church edifice. The parsonage at 
East Rumford was also sold, and another purchased at the Center 
in 1876. The church at Rumford Center was built in 18G5, aud is 
furnished with a bell and organ. 

An extensive revival prevailed in Rumford in 1843, and the 
Methodist church especially received large accessions. This 
revival was largely due to the preaching of William Miller and his 
followers, who predicted the end of the world and the winding up 
of all sublunary things during the year 1843. There was a general 
awakening in religious matters, and all denominations were more or 
less affected and their numbers increased. Several persons have 
commenced their ministerial labors in Rumford, and some of them 
were born in the town. Notably among these were the sons of 
Benjamin Lufkin, namely, Joseph, Moses and Benjamin. Charles 
Virgin, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Stickn-ey) Virgin, also 
became a ^lethodist preacher, and was (piite noted in his day. His 
first station was at Livermore in 180'J. He also had settlements iu 
Conway and Grantham, N. H., in New Bedford, ]Mass., also in 
Portland in 1818, in Bath in 1819, in Phipsl)urg in 1.S20 and in 
Hallowell in 1821. Later, in 1805, Patrick H. Hoyt, a native of 
New Hampshire, for some j'ears a trader at the Center, became a 
preacher, and continued in the work until he died in INIonmouth in 
1873. In 1886, the Methodist cluuch in Rumford numbered eighty- 
eight members, and numbered one hundred and seventy scholars in 
the Sabbath school. Rev. (J. B. Hannaford, is the present elticient 
and popular pastor. 

The original class numbered fourteen, but no record has been 
preserved, and it is impossible after ninety years to give then- 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 145 

names. The uumber doubtless incliKlfd some of the Martins, \'ir- 
gins and Wheelers. 

The following list embraces the names of the Methodist preachers 
who have supplied the Rumford circuit : 

1802, Daniel Jones; 1803, Daniel Stimpsou ; 1804, Allen II. 
Cobb; 180o, Dan Ferry; 180(3, Clement Parker; 1807, Alleu 11. 
Cobb; 1808, Jonathan Chauucey ; ISO'J, Joshua Ilaudall ; 1810, 
William Hinman ; 1811, Ebonozer Blake; 1812, Daniel Fillmore; 
1813, Benjamin Jones; 1814, John F. Adams ; 1815, Joshua Ran- 
dall; 1816, John Paine; 1817, John Lewis; 1318, James Jaques ; 
181'J, James Jaques; 1820, Job Pratt ; 1821, Elijah Speed; 1822, 
Joshua Randall; 1823, John Shaw; 1824, True Page; 182.3, Dan- 
iel Weutworth ; 1826, P^benezer F. Newell and James Smith ; 1827, 
Ebenezer F. Newell and Oren Bent; 1828, Pascal P. Merrill and 
Caleb Fuller ; 1829, Caleb Fuller and Isaac Downing ; 1830, AVm. 
Farringtou and Ansel Gerrish ; 1831, Wm. Farriugton, Oren Bent 
and Mark Trafton ; 1832, Job Pratt, died in Rumford February 22, 
1833 ; 1833, Edmund Hotchkiss ; 1834, Jesse Stone ; 183o, Camp- 
meeting John Allen ; 1836, Dan Perry ; 1837, Henry AV". Latham ; 
1838, R. C. Bailey; 1830, Huse Dow; 1840, Hnse Dow and 
Joseph Snell; 1841-42, D. F. Quimby ; 1842, Charles Ma.sou was 
with Mr. (juimby ; 1843, Henry True ; 1844, Jonathan Fairbanks; 
184;')-46, E. Gammon; 1847, Samuel P. Blake; 1848-41), John 
Jones; 1850, N. A. Soule ; 1851-52, Seth B. Chase ; 1853, Joseph 
Hastings; 1854, Joseph Gerry ; 1855-56, Nathan Andrews ; 1857- 
58, George Briggs ; 1859-60, Joseph Moore ; 1861-62, Luther B. 
Knight; 1863, George Briggs; 1864, T. J. True; 1865-r,(;-67, 
Patrick Hoyt ; 1868-69, Francis Grosvenor ; 1870, Benj. Foster; 
1871-72, Richard Vivian; 1873, Alvan Hatch; 1874-75, George 
Briggs ; 1876, George Burbank ; 1877-78-79, G. B. llanuaford ; 
1880, Sylvester D. Brown; 1881-82, Thomas Hillmau ; l^<.s3-84, 
N. D. Centre; 1885-86, Luther P. French; 1887-88, G. B. Ilauna- 
ford. 

Univeksalists. 

The two leading religious societies in town have always bc^en tiie 
Congregational and the Methodist, but quite early there were those 
here who believed in the doctrine of Universaliam, and in later 
years the number has increased. They have always been among 

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146 HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 

the most respectable and influential residents of the town. In evi- 
dence of this it is only necessary to mention such names as Timothy 
Walker, Moses F. Kimball, Joseph H. Wardwell, Hezekiah 
Hutchins, Jr., David Ilutchins, John ^lartiu, Jeremiah Martin, 
Calvin Howe, Jeremiah Wardwell, Rufus Virgin, Charles A. Kim- 
ball and Frank G. Russell. In the neighboring town of Hanover 
were the following persons who united with the Universalists of 
Rumford in the support of preaching : Joel Howe, Eli Howe, 
Reuben li. Foster, Eben Abl)ot, Joseph Staples, Albion K. Knapp, 
and Gardiner G. Hoyt. The families of all these persons, both in 
Rumford and Hanover, are much scattered, but whether at home or 
abroad, they generally adhere to the faith of their fathers. 

There has never been any regularly settled Uuiversalist minister 
in Rumford, but preachers of other towns have often supplied here. 
One of the churches at Rumford Point is owned by the Univer- 
salists, I'.nd some twenty- live years ago a place of worship for 
this denomination was erected at Rumford Corner, a large part of 
the expense of which was incurred by Hon. Timothy Walker. The 
Universalists have never occupied it much, and it is for the most 
part used by the Methodists. Mr. Walker was much interested in 
the cause, and often attended the meetings at Bryant's Pond. This 
was especially so when Rev. Zenas Thom[)son and Rev. Absalom 
G. Gaines officiated there, both of whom were great favorites of 
Mr. Walker. Among the Universalist ministers who have preached 
in Rumford have been : Rev. Benj. B. Murray, Rev. George Bates, 
Rev. Zenas Thompson, Rev. Benj. W. Tingley, Rev. Absalom G. 
Gaines, Rev, Kzekiel W. Coffin, Rev. Wm. R. French, Rev. John 
L. Stevens and Rev. Timothy J. Tenney. 



chaptp:r XXII I . 

RUMFORD MINISTERS. REV. SAMUEL R. HALL. 

^^AjNIUEL read hall, the first Congregational minister in 
^^i Rumford, was born in Sutton, Mass., January 21, ITo.^. He 
was the son of Stephen and Mary (Taft) Read Hall, and a de- 
scendant of John Hall of Medford, Mass., in 107;"), and in Cam- 
bridge in 1602, and who was born in Enghind in 1627. When a 
young man Samuel R. Hall went to Croyden, Vt., and then to 
Guildhall, where he resided several years. The people here were 
destitute of preaching, and Mr. Hall exhorted, conducted prayer 
meetings, and finally decided to go into the ministry. Just what time 
he arrived in Rumford does not appear, but probabl}' about the year 
1807. A vote was passed in town meeting in iHll, to extend a 
call to Rev. Samuel R. Hall to become the minister of the town at 
a salary of two hundred and fifty dollars, sixty to be paid in money 
and the balance in produce. Mr. Hall's wife was Elizabeth, 
daughter of Hezekiah Hall, and she died in Guild'nall, Vt., June 
14, iSOii. Mr. Hall died in Rumford in 1814. Most of his family 
remained in Vermont. His son, Samuel Read Hall, Jr., came to 
Rumford and was teaching school in town in 181(1. He became 
a famous teacher and introduced many improved methods of impart- 
ing instruction, one of which was the use of the black-board, Avhich 
was used for the first time in an American school, in a district 
school in Rumford taught by Mr. Hall in 181(). This fact is stated 
in the Hall Genealogy, and the writer of this volume also heard it 
from the lips of Abel Wheeler of Rumford, who was a teacher in 
this town contemporaneous with Mr. Hall. The children of Rev. 
Samuel R. Hall were : 

I. Hannah^ b. Dec. 7, 177G, m. Micah Amy. 

II. Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1778, m. John Whitten. 

III. Lvaj. b. March 12, 1780, m. Caleb Amy. 

IV. Samuel, b. April 23, 1782, m. Hannah Swinnerton. 
V. Read, b. Dec. 12, 1784, d. Dec. 8, 1787. 

VI. Chloc, b. May 11, 1786, m. Asa Swinnerton. 



148 HTSTOIiY OF RUM FORD. 

VII. Hezekiah, b. March IG, 1787, ni. Mary Ilawes. 

VIII. Surah., h. Feb. 24, 1789, drowned by falling into a spring while in 
a fit, July 15, 1853. 

IX. ,/osiah Brewet\ b. June 14, 1790, in. Koxanna Basset. 

X. Theodocia, b. Oct. 9, 1793, d. Feb. 13, 1795. 

XI. Samuel Read, b. Oct. 27, 1795, ni. Mary Dasconib. 



REV. DANIEL GOULD. 

Rev. Daniel Gould, the second Congregational minister in liiun- 
ford, was born in Topsfield, Mass., Dec. 8, 1753. He was the son 
of Daniel and Lucy (Tarbox) Gould, and the fifth in descent from 
Zaccheus Gould, who was born in P^ngland about 1589, came to 
this country in 1638 and settled in Topsfield. He graduated at 
Harvard College and before entering college, and while a student 
at Dummer Academy he served a term in the Continental army. 
Returning, he studied Theology with Rev. Mr. Moody of liyefield. 
He was admitted to the church in Topsfield, Dec. 7, 1783. He 
^anie to liethel and preached us a candidate in 1798-9, and was 
installed as the first settled minister in Bethel in October, 1799. 
He remained here until 1815, when, having received a call, he 
became the pastor of the church in Rumford and moved here. He 
was installed as such May 31, 1815. While in Betliel he opened a 
school for yoimg men in his own house, and several who have since 
become conspicnous, fitted for college under his instruction. He 
did the same in Rumford after he became pastor of the church here. 
He brought the first chaise into Bethel, and was himself a conspic- 
uous figure in his cocked hat, black silk gown and breeches which 
was the ministerial dress of that day. 

He was verj' social in his habits and popular with all classes. 
His fund of anecdotes was inexhaustible. He wrote his sermons, 
and when reading them held the manuscript near his eyes. In his 
will he left a small sum to Bethel Academy, on the condition that 
the institution should take his name, which was agreed to by the 
trustees. His college text-books and several other volumes from 
his library were presented to the Academy and are preserved there. 
An oil portrait, said to be a correct likeness, has also been pre- 
sented to the Academy by Miss Mary Hurd of Topsfield, a niece of 
Mr. Gould. Mr. Gould married for his first wife, Dec. 24, 1782, 
Mary, eldest daughter of George Booth of Hillsborough, N. H. 
She died October 1, 1785. They had (me daughter Molly, born 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 149 

September 28, 1785, and died the December following. December 
25, 1788, he married Mrs. Eunice Perley, daughter of Stephen 
Foster of Andover, Mass., and relict of Jeremiah Perley of Tops- 
field. She came with him to Maine and died in this town. She 
had no children. For a third wife Mr. Gould married Mrs. Anna 
Poor, widow of Capt. Abner Rawson of Paris, who survived Mr. 
Gould many years, residing in her native town of Andover, Me. 
She was the second wife of Capt. Rawson, and step-mother of 
Lyman Rawson, the well-known Rumford attorney. Mr. Gould 
departed this life very suddenly, while sitting at the table at dinner, 
May 21, 1842, aged eighty-eight years. The writer of this vol- 
ume has in his possession one of Mr. Gould's manuscript sermons, 
said to be the first one ever preached by him. It is written in a 
very plain, round hand on a page about three by five inches. Mr. 
Gould was a man of excellent character, and is still referred to with 
respect and reverence by the elderly people of Rumford, though he 
has been dead neai'ly half a century. His second wife died Aug. 
21, 1830, and was buried at Rumford Center. 

REV. JOHN ELLIOT. 

Rev. John Elliot was the son of Andrew and Sally (Melvin) 
Elliot, and was born in West Nottingham (now Mason, N. H.) 
October 5, 1801. At the age of three years he came with his 
father's family to Newcastle, Me. He attended the academies at 
Lincoln, Gorham and Farmington, hoping to be able to enter 
Bowdoin College two years in advance, but failing health prevented. 
He was appointed by the American Board, teacher and catechist to 
the Indian Missions iu New York and left for the Seneca Mission 
June 6, 1827. He afterwards went to the Tuscai-ora Mission, near 
Lewiston, N. Y. At this place, he studied theology with Rev. T. 
S. Harris, was licensed May 2, 182i), ordained as an evangelist 
June 28, 1831, and was settled by the Congregational Church at 
Tuscarora. The failing health of his wife compelled him to give 
up his mission, and he spent tv^o years at the theological school at 
Beman, N. Y. He was installed at Youngstown and remained 
eight years. 

Seriously troubled with a bronchial affection, he returned to Maine 
in 1844, and spen!; a year at the old homestead in Newcastle. From 
1845 to 1848, he supplied at Durham. He then moved to Auburn, 



150 HISTORY OF BUMFORT). 

where he remained eight years. He supplied at West Auburn and 
Turner, and on the thirtieth day of November, 1859, he removed to 
Rumford Point, was installed pastor and remained here until his 
death, which occurred March 15, 1871). A contemporar}' minister 
in a neighboring town says : "The death of a son ten years of age 
probably did more than anything else to weaken the once firm tab- 
ernacle of his strength, and to slacken the tension of the silken, 
unseen cords of his mental structure, and hasten his exit from a 
state of sighs and tears." 

Mr. Elliot married, Nov. 19, 1827, Mary Ward of Wheatfield, 
N. J., who died in Durham, Me., Nov. 17, 1847, leaving one 
daughter. For a second wife he married, March 27, 1849, Mrs, 
Arabella Newell. She was the daughter of Edward Berry of Lis- 
bon, granddaughter of Josiah Berry of Lisbon, and great-grand- 
daughter of (ieorge Berry whose wife was Sarah Stiekney of 
Falmouth. Mrs. Arabella Elliot was born in Lisbon, Dec. 25. 1821, 
married Stillman Newell, Sept. 3, 1844, who died March 27, 1847, 
leaving one son, S. E. Newell, who was born July 4, 1847. The 
children of Rev. John and Ara])ella Elliot were : 

I. John F., b. Auburn, April lo, 1S50. 

II. Arabella May^ b. May 1, 1852. 

III. C. D. Elliot, b. July 2. 1855. 

IV. Marie Danforth, b. Kumford, July 16, 18.59. 

V. Robert L. B., b. April 20, 1805. 

REV. .JOSIAH G. MERRILL. 

Rev. Josiah Goodhue Merrill was the son of Enoch and Maiy 
(Ambrose) Merrill and was born in CouAvay, N. IL, Sept. 4, 1787. 
He was the seventh in descent from Nathaniel Merrill, who came 
from England to Newbury, Mass. Three of the sons of Enoch 
Merrill were Congregational ministers, viz. Josiah G., Stephen and 
Henry A. The latter was settled several years at Norway. Josiah 
G. Merrill was educated at Fryeburg Academy and was ordained at 
Otisfield Sept. 4, 1814, and dismissed Nov. 23, 1830. He subse- 
quently had settlements at Elliot, Cape Elizabeth, Washington, 
Windsor, Bremen, Eastport, Washburne, Fort Fairfield, Presque 
Isle, West Brooksville, North Augusta and came to Rumford in 
January, 1854, and remained until 1858. He was of more than 
ordinary mental and bodily vigor and wherever he went he com- 



HIS TOBY OF RUMFORD. 151 

mended himself to the people both as preacher and pastor. He 
was an industrious worker and accomplished much for the cause 
which he early espoused and to which he devoted the best years of 
his long life. He died in Lynn, Mass., Aug. 18, 1872, aged about 
eighty-five years. He was not installed to the pastorate of the 
church here, but was simply hired to officiate as acting pastor from 
year to year. His children were : 

I. Harriet Newell, b. Sept. 28, 181.5. 

II. Caroline Paijson, b. Apr. 17, 1817. 

III. Josiah, b. Jan. 31, 1819, clergyman, r. Troy, N. H. 

IV. Heiirij Martyn, b. Feb. 9, 1821. 
V. Avgnsta Hsley, b. Aug. .S, 1822. 

VI. James Ambrose, b. Nov. 19, 1824. 

VII. Hannah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21. 1826. 
Vlll. Edward Payson, b. Aug. 10, 1828. 

IX. Phebe Moody, b. Apr. 1.5, 1830, r. Boston. 
The above born in Otisfield. 

X. Helen Wenburg, b. Cape Elizabeth, Jan. 31, 1833. 

XI. Charles Freeman, b. Cape Elizabeth, Oct. 10, 1833. 
Only two of the above family are now living. 

REV. JOSEPH LUFKIN. 

Rev. Joseph Lufkin, son of Benjamin Lufkin, was born in Con- 
cord, N. H., August 19, 1786, and the following year the family 
moved to New Pennacook. He was ordained a deacon of the 
Methodist Church by Rev. Francis Asbury in 1815, and became 
a member of the New England Conference. He had stations at 
Lunenburg, Vermont, at Livermore, Maine, and at other places. 
He finally settled on farm near Rumford Center, and became a local 
preacher and farmer. He was often called upon to attend funerals 
and to perform the marriage ceremony ; he tied more nuptial knots 
than any other person who ever lived in town. He was a devoted 
Freemason, a public lecturer, an advocate of temperance, and in 
every way a valuable citizen. He departed this life January 16, 
1872, retaining fully his mental faculties until the end came. His 
family record may be found elsewhere. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

THE LE«AL PROFESSION PETER C, VIRGIN. 

IggON. rp:TER CHANDLER VIRGIN was the first, and for 
^jK^ many years, the only lawyer in Rnraford. He was born in 
Concord, N. H., June 23, 1783, and was grandson of Ebenezer 
Virgin, the emigrant, one of the founders of Concord, and whose 
heirs were among the grantees of Rumford. Peter C. Virgin attended 
school and fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, was for a 
year or more a student at Harvard College, studied law in the office of 
Esquire Varnun of Haverhill, Mass., and also with Hon. Judah 
Dana of Fryeburg, and when admitted to the bar, came to this town 
to practice. He soon had a large and lucrative practice. He was 
representative to the legislature of Massachusetts and Maine, mem- 
ber of the convention to form a constitution for the .State of Maine, 
County attorney for severa.1 terms, town clerk and agent of Rumford 
for many years, Postmaster at Rumford Corner and also held other 
places of trust and responsibility. He was highb' respected in town 
and county. He was a gentleman of the old school, courteous and 
kind to all. For some years l)efort' his death he was the senior 
member of the Oxford bar. His famil}' record may be found else- 
where. He died April 7, 1871, aged eighty-seven and three-fourths 
years, and his remains repose in the cemetery at Rumford Point. 

LYMAN RAWSON. 

Hon. Lyman Rawson, son of Captain Abner and Abigail (Fuller) 
Rawson of Piiris, was born in Paris May H, 1790. He graduated 
from Waterville College, now Colby University, in 1827, studied 
law in the ofiicc of .ludge Stephen Kmery, and when admitted to the 
Oxford bar, settled at Rumford Point where he continued to practice 
many years, until his death. He also dealt in real estate and 
cattle, and engaged more or less in agriculture. He was more or 
less in political life, was an uncomi)romising democrat, and a leader 
in that party. He served several terms in the Maine Legislature, and 







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also as Judge of Probate for Oxford County. He married May 20, 
1832, Jerusha Holmes of Oxford. He died Aug. 22, 1874, and his 
remains are interred at Rumford Point. 



TIMOTHY J. CARTER. 

Hon. Timothy Jarvis Carter was the son of Dr. Timothy Carter 
of Bethel, and was born in that town Aug. 18, 1800. He settled 
in Rumford, but remained here only a few years and then moved 
to Paris. While a resident of this town he married Sept. 11, 1828, 
Arabella, daughter of Samuel and Polla (Freeland) Rawson of Paris. 
He served as Secretery of the Maine Senate in 1833, and the same 
year was appointed State's attorney for Oxford County. He was 
elected to the XXV Congress of the United States and died in Wash- 
ington, D. C, March 14, 1838. High tributes of respect were 
paid him by Hon. George Evans of the House and Hon. John 
Ruggles of the Senate. He was able, popular and successful, but 
was cut down at an early age and in the midst of a useful career. 



WILLIAM K. KIMBALL. 

William King Kimball, son of Moses F. and Mary (Bean) 
Kimball, was born in Rumford June 7, 1820. He attended the 
academies at Bridgton and Bethel, studied the legal profession at 
Harvard Law School, and commenced practice in Dixfield. In 
1844, he moved to Paris Hill where he subsequently resided. He 
was twice elected County attorney and served ten years as clerk of 
the courts. He also served four years as United States Marshal 
for Maine. In the late war, when the twelfth Maine Regiment was 
organized, Mr. Kimball was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. He 
was afterwards promoted to Colonel, and at the close of the war he 
was mustered out as Brevet-Brigadier General. He was an efficient 
and popular officer, and retired to private life with the respect and 
esteem of all those who had served under or with him. He married 
July 29, 1842, Frances P^eeland, daughter of Samuel Rawson of 
Paris, by whom he had five children. One of his sons, Wm. W. 
Kimball, is an officer in the United States Navy. Mr. Kimball's 
death and attendant circumstances, at his home in Paris, in 1875,. 
caused the deepest regret. 



J54 HiSTOJiY OF RUMFOIiD. 

WILLIAM WIKT VIRGIN. 

Hon William Wirt Virgin, son of Hon. Peter Chandler Virgin, 
was born in Rumford, September 18, 1823. He fitted for college 
at Bridgton Academy and at Gould's Academy in Bethel, and grad- 
uated from Bowdoin College with the class of 1844. He studied 
law in the oflice of his father, and on being admitted to practice, he 
settled in Norwav Milage. He soon took high rank in his profes- 
sion, both as an attorney and advocate, and for many years he had 
a part in the management of the leading cases tried in Oxford 
county. He served one term as County Attorney, was a member of 
the State Senate and President of that body. He was twice 
appointed Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court, and 
in 1872 resigned that position to accept the oflice of Associate jus- 
tice upon the bench of the same court, which lie still retains. His 
reports are models of clearness and perspicuity, and his two vol- 
umes of Digests of Maine Reports are among the best ever published. 
He is regarded as among the ablest of the judges upon the bench. 

When'the war of the Rebellion broke out, Judge Virgin was one 
of the major-generals of the Maine militia. He was at once placed 
upon active duty in the recruiting service, and aided in organizing 
several of the early regiments that went to the frpnt. In the sum- 
mer of 1862 he resigned his position, and was appointed Colonel of 
the Twenty-Third Maine Volunteers, one of the regiments enlisted 
for nine months' service. He was mustered out with the regiment 
in June, 1863. His family record is elsewhere. 

IlKNKY F. I;LA>XI1AUD. 

Henry F. Blanchard, son of Benjamin H. and :\Iary P. (Berry) 
Blanchanl, was born in Rumford, April 26, 1838. When quite 
young the family moved to Boston, and his early education was 
received in the public schools of that city. He then came to Kent s 
Hill and fitted for college. He entered the college at eighteen 
years of age, Imt did not take the college course. He taught school 
winters from the time he was sixteen until he was nineteen years of 
age, when he entered the law otlice of McCunn and Moncrief of 
New York City. He also studied in the otlice of Hon. t . K. Hop- 
pin of Providence, R. I. He was admitted to the bar while a 
student in the office of Wm. W. Bolster in Dixfield, opened an 
office at Rumford Point in 1859, and practiced there until the break- 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. 155 

ing out of the war of the Rebellion. He enlisted and served nearly 
three years and a half. In 1872, he settled in Augusta, and 
became a member of the firm of Weeks and Blanchard, Attorneys 
at Law and Claim Agents, in which business he is still engaged. 
His military and family record may be found in their appropriate 
places. 

ORLANDO W. BLANCHARD. 

Orlando W. Blanchard, son of David 8. aind Mehitable (Taylor) 
Blanchard, was born in Rumford, October 7, 1836. He attended 
the common schools and one or two terms at the Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary. He read law iu the office of Henry F. Blanchard at 
Rumford Point, and was admitted to practice at the October term 
of the Supreme Judicial Court held in Paris in 1861. He opened 
an office at Rumford Point and practised there the brief years of 
his professional life. He married first. Miss Thirza A. Holt, and 
second, Catherine, daughter of Charles A. Kimball of Rumford. 
He died March 2, 1872. 



CHAFFER XXV. 



THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 



PPll'UMFORD has never been overburdened with physicians, and 
j^ll^ some of those who settled here did not long remain. Among 
the earlier practitioners here, were Dr. Elisha Howe and Dr. Ben- 
jamin Flint ; among those whose practice covered a period of many 
years, were Dr. Joseph Adams and Dr. Thomas Roberts. Both 
were highly respected citizens and both labored hard and laid down 
the burden of life while residents of Rumford. Concerning Doctors 
Howe and Flint, but little has been learned, and they appear to 
have left the town after a few years' residence. Dr. Victor M. 
Abbot was a son of Levi Abbot of this town, and practiced more or 
less within its borders, but he died much lamented and in middle 
life in the neighboring town of Mexico. 

DR. HIRAM F. ABHOT. 

Dr. Hiram F. Abbot, son of Hiram and Mary (Huston) Abbot, 
born June 2, 18.3.5, studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Roberts and 
graduated from the Maine Medical School in 1864. He served for 
about a year in the Regimental Band of the Second Maine Volun- 
teers. He married Mary J., daughter of Warren Mansur, and 
settled in practice at Rumford Point. He enjoys a good practice, 
and is deservedly popular. He occupies the mansion house erected 
and long occupied by Porter Kimball, Esq. 

DK. ZENAS W. BARTLETT. 

Dr. Zouas W. Bartlett, son of Elhanan and Joanna (Willis) 
Bartk'tt, was born in that i):irt of Bethel now incorporated as Han- 
over, August 10, 1818. He worked upon liis father's farm until 
nearly of age, attended the Academy at Bethel Hill, studied medi- 
cine with Dr. Thomas Roberts, graduated at the Maine Medical 
School in 1840, and commenced practice at the Centre. He was 
energetic, persevering, and soon became a skillful physician with a 



HISTOBY OF EUMFOBD. 157 

large practice. After a few years he moved to Dixfield, where he 
had a broader field and a still larger practice. He rode through all 
the towns in Eastern Oxford, and had a large business in East and 
North Franklin. He gave himself little rest, and literally wore 
himself out in the practice of his profession, though slight blood- 
poisoning occasioned by an autopsy, may have hastened the event. 
He died September 9, 1870. His son, Zeuas W". Bartlett, Jr., born 
January 7, 1848, a graduate of the Maine Medical School in 1870, 
died in Dixfield, September 29, 1885. 

Dll. JONATHAN S. MILLETT. 

Dr. Jonathan S. Millett, sou of John and Martha (Sawyer) 
Millett of Norway, and born in Norway, October 6, 1794, studied 
medicine with Dr. Jacob Tewksbnry of Oxford, graduated from the 
Dartmouth (N. H.) Medical College, and commenced practice in 
Rumford. He remained here only a few years, when he returned 
to Norway, where he continued in practice until the time of his 
death, which occurred May 5, 18(36. He was skillful in the treat- 
ment of chronic diseases, and often effected cures where other 
physicians had tried and failed. While in Rumford lie was 
appointed Surgeon's Mate in the Maine Militia, but his profes- 
sional career belongs rather to the history of Norway than Rumford. 

DANA BOAIJPMAN PUTNAM. 

Dana Boardman Putnam, son of Jacob and Betsey (Parker) Put- 
nam, born in Rumford, September 19, 1825, fitted for college and 
graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1852. He taught 
school in Ipswich for one term, then went South and was professor 
of languages in the Southern Military Institute in Fredonia, Ala- 
bama. He studied medicine and took his degree from the Medical 
College of Georgia, located in Augusta, in 1854, and also took a 
degree from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1855. 
He began practice in Lagrange, Georgia, and continued there until 
18G8, when he came to Boston. He was a contributor to the press, 
and at the time of his death was collecting materials for a history 
of the Putnam family in the United States. He held official posi- 
tions in Masonic and other kindred associations, and was a member 
of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society. In 1855, 
he married Huldah J., daughter of Richard Manley of Alabama, 



158 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

and had two sons and three daughters. He died of pneumonia ia 
Boston, February 11, 1881. 

DU. THOMAS ROBERTS. 

Dr. Thomas Roberts, son of Joshua and Sally (Powers) Roberts, 
was born in that part of Bethel now the town of Hanover, Novem- 
ber 22, 1806. He received what advantages the town schools 
afforded, attended a few terms at the Academy, studied medicine 
with Dr. Jonathan S. Millett of Norwa}', graduated at the Maine 
Medical School, and after practicing a short time at North Norway 
he came to Rumford and settled at the Point. He had a large 
practice here, and as a physician had the confidence of the people 
of this and the adjoining towns. He did not attempt the higher 
branches of his profession, but as a family physician in the treat- 
ment of ordinary ailments, he had excellent success and was very^ 
popular. He was kind and sj^mpathetic, and gave his best services 
to rich and poor alike. He married Harriet, daughter of Darius 
and Abigail (Merrill) Wilkins of Norway. They had five children, 
but all are dead. Dr. Roberts died June 8, 187G. 

DK. FRANK G. RUSSELL. 

Dr. Frank G. Russell graduated from the Dartmouth Medical 
College and came to this town from New Hampshire. He settled 
at Rumford Corner. He was active, energetic, skillful in his pro- 
fession, and possessed the elements of jjopularity in a remarkable 
degree. At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he enlisted 
and was commissioned First Lieutenant in tlie Twentieth Maine 
Regiment. He never had a strong constitution, and his nervous 
energy was not balanced by physical strength. He could not stand 
the hardships incident to active service in the field, and early in 
1863 he resigned and came home. He died soon after. 

I>R. FREEMAN E. SMALL. 

Dr. Freeman Evans Small, son of Henry A. and Mary Small, 
born in Stoneham, ISIaine, July 24, 18.04, graduated from the Maine 
Medical School in the class of 1879, and commenced practice at 
Rumford Centre. He luiirried, in October, 1879, Miss ^lary E. 
Hoyt. After practice in Rumford a few years, where he met with 
good success, he removed to Portland, where he is now engaged in 
the practice of his profession. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

RUMFORD FALLS. 




LOWER FALL. 



•^^if¥^HE chief physical feature of the town of Rumford, one that 
^«^ stands pre-eminent above all others, is the great water-fall, 
or the succession of falls on the Androscoggin river, known as 
Rumford Falls. These falls were well known to the Aborigines, 
though the name by which they were called among the Indians has 
not come down to us, and this is much to be regretted. Some 
writers have stated that they were called Pennacook Falls, but there 
is no evidence that they were ever so called until the plantation 
was named New Pennacook. Tradition states that this location 



160 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

abounded in salmon when the early settlers came and before the 
river was dammed at Brunswick, and for the authority of this, there 
is something more than tradition. It was one of the numerous 
carrying places on the river, and beaten paths were found along the 
banks and around the falls l)y the first English visitors in this 
region. There is no doubt that the fall was much greater in for- 
mer times than it now is, the constant friction of the water wearing 
away the granite of which the bottom and sides are formed, and 
thereby gradually though slowly lowering the bed of the river. 

Aside from the pituresqueness, and in times of high water, the 
grandeur of tin se falls whicli render them an object of great inter- 
est to the lover of nature in her wilder moods, they possess a 
pecuniary value of great iruportunce to tlie town and to all this 
region of country. For the purpose of propelling machinery, they 
are unrivalled by au}' water fall in New England, and if utilized to 
their fullest capacity, would furnish employment for hundreds of 
operatives of both sexes. This great increase of population would 
make a market for the products of the farm, and would bring hun- 
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of taxable property into the 
town. There is no reason why a Manchester, a Lowell or a Lewis- 
ton should not spring up around Rumford Falls at no distant day. 
When the development of this vast water power is assured, rail- 
way facilities will not be wanting, cither by the extension of the 
Buckfield road from Canton, or by a branch road to connect with the 
Grand Trunk line at Bryant's Pond. As a preliminary to the under- 
taking, the entire falls with a large tract of adjoining lands, amount- 
ing to nine hundred acres, have been purchased by Hugh J. Chis- 
holra and Charles D. Brown, two enterprising business men of 
Portland, and a careful survey has been made to ascertain fully the 
capacity of the falls for driving machinery. The result is more 
than satisfactory, and shows that in previous surveys, which have 
been much less elaborate, the available power has been considerably 
underrated. 

In round numbers, the head of Humford Falls is five hundred and 
eighty-four feet above the sea level, and the foot of the falls four 
hundred and twenty-two feet. This shows the fall, in a distance of 
one mile, to be one hundred and sixty-two feet. The Androscoggin 
is a variable rather than a constant river, as regards the mass of its 
waters at diiVerent seasons of the year. This is due, as stated in 
another chapter, to the excessively mountainous character of the 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 161 

upper portion of its catchment basin, together with the bareness of 
the mountains which form no small portion of its water shed. This 
is its character more especially above Rumford Falls. When these 
are reached its character is materially altered. The channel where 
the waters begin to pitch over the precipice, is only about a hundred 
feet wide, and operating like gates, the waters are held back in time 
of freshet, occasioning a great rise above the falls, but equalizing 
its flow below them. A dam at the head of the falls, which would 
not be very expensive, would tend still further to overcome tlie in- 
constancy of the river, b}^ keeping the waters back, though such a 
course might be a damage to low intervale lands bordering upon it. 
The water power here consists of the entire flow of the Androscog- 
gin river, and in the mile which is the extent of the falls, the same 
water could be used many times over before it reaches still water. 
The volume of water is of course less than at Lewiston, and allowing 
it to be one-fourth less, which is a liberal allowance, or seventy-one 
thousand cubic feet per minute, the whole fall, even in a dry time, 
would represent in round numbers twenty-two thousand horse power 
sufficient to run eight hundred and seventy thousand spindles. In 
time of higher water the power would be proportionately increased, 
but even in low water this power represents a business of vast mag- 
nitude. 

There are at the present time four water falls, but anciently there 
must have been several others, for deep holes or basins are worn in 
the rockj' banks far above present high water mark. There are two 
principal falls and two minor, while in other places the water runs 
swiftly but is not broken. Two of the falls are about ten feet, one 
is about twenty feet, and the other, which is the upper fall, is sev- 
enty feet perpendicular. This last is the one that will attract most 
attention, for here the torrent of water pouring down with the noise 
of thunder and dashing itself into foam as it chafes the rocky walls, 
produces an effect of wonderful grandeur. Persons come long dis- 
tances to witness these falls, and are well repaid for their time and 
trouble. Mr. Gould refers to the enterprise of Rufus Virgin and 
Natlian Knapp in utilizing a portion of this great power, but a few 
years later Mr. Knapp lost his life by going over the falls, and what 
was done at that time and all that has since l^een done, is but an 
insignificant fraction of its capacities. With a dam such as the new 
survey proposes, the power would be materially increased, and would 
be about equal to the combined power on the Merrimac at Manches- 
ter, Lowell and Lawrence, or about thirty thousund horse power. 

11 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



MILITAKY AFFAIRS. 



^0LDIP:RS of the revolution, a considerable num- 
^^ ber of the early settlers of Rumford had served more or less 
in the patriot army in the war for independence. They had served 
practically without compensation, for the depreciated currency in 
which they were paid was worth but little more than the paper it 
was printed on, and in a short time it became utterly worthless. 
But there was no fault-finding among the discharged soldiers ; they 
did not enter the service for pay, but for freedom from British 
thralldom, and this they had nobly achieved. Eastern lands were 
abundant and could })e had for the settling, so at the close of the 
war and for several years after, there was a steady emigration from 
the old Bay State to the District of Maine. The towns of Oxford 
<;ounty, including Rumford, were largely settled by this class of 
citizens, and the best of citizens they generally were. The second 
settled minister in Rumford, Rev. Daniel Gould, left school to serve 
a term of enlistment, returned and graduated, studied for the min- 
istry and then came to Maine. In 1H40, there were five survivors 
of the Revolutionary war then residing in this town. Their names, 
ages and places of residence were as follows : 

Philip Al)bot, 83 ; with Henry Abbot. 
Samuel Ackley, 7G ; with Samuel Acklej'. 
Richard DolloflF, 85 ; with John DoUoff. 
Joseph Wardwell, 80 ; with Aaron Graham. 
Daniel Gould, 8G ; with Daniel Gould. 

Benjamin Lufkin, formerly of Rumford, then of Roxbury, aged 
78, was living with Rufus K. Bunker. Others who had served in 
this war and came to Rumford, were Amos Howard, Daniel Knight, 
Stephen Putnam, Benjamin Sweat, Joshua Ripley, Aaron Moor, 
Josiah Segar, Silas Howe, Benjamin Sweat, Jr., and very likely others 
whose names have not been found. Some of them had served two 



HISTOBY OF nUMFORD. -.^o 

loo 

or more enlistments, amounting to several years, some had enlisted 
and served a ,„,1 term of three years, while others who wer 2e 
aged when the war l,roke out, had served in the brief Rhode IsHnd 
campaign or acted as home guards. 

The early settlers of Rnmford were required to do a certain 
amount of military duty, both before and after the separat o om 
Massachusetts, and the May trainings and fall musters are weH 
emembered by middle aged people as among the enjoyments o 

amzed and dressed ,u uniform, but the militia wore their cartridge 
box and knapsack over such clothing as they happened to have 
Officers were chosen by the companies and commi sioned by the 
Governor of the State, and the competition for these offices wa 
generally sharp and sometimes bitter. The office of <S1T 
beyond the reach of a poor man, for that offlc r ^h 1^2 Z 
expected to dispense the ardent with a liberal ha^d, and e elJctta 
often tarned upon the ability and disposition of tL aspir^ Ido 
so. The company books of records of the Rumford militia .re 
probably not m existence, but if they are their whereabout a e 
unknown to the writer. May trainings were held in diffe.^ulrte 

east at Zr'.r'""""^' ""■^'™ ""-^ """• '" '•^«- ^^^ 
east, at Rumford Corner. There was also a company of liht in- 
fantry ,n Rumford. The following list embraces tL name of 

a uttehe""' ™ '"l' """'"^ ^"" "«'>' '"^--y. '<>■■ a pe" d o 
about twelve years, and are taken from the books in tire Adiutauf 
Genera,, office in Augusta. The dates given are those Iht^r 

Moses Kimball, Adjutant, June 7, 1817 

William Wheeler, Colouel, August 8, 1818. 

Colmau Godwin, Captain, August 31, 18iy 

Benjamin Flint, Surgeon's Mate, April 15, 1819 

Ebenezer Abbot, Ensign, August 31, 1819. 
David H. Faruum, Lieutenant, August 31, 1819 
Jonathan Millett, Surgeon's Mate, December 1.5* 1820 
Alvm Bolster, Ensign, May 8, 1821. 
Solomon Cushman, Captain, May 8, 1821 
Joseph H. Wardwell, Lieutenant, May 8,'l821. 
Peter C. Virgin, Division Quartermaster, March 21 1821 
Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., Adjutant, March 19, 1823.' 



164 HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 

Colman Godwin, Major, July 19, 1823. 

David H. Faruum, Captain, November 1, 1823. 

Joel Howe, Lieutenant, November 1, 1823. 

Henry C. Rolfe, Ensign, May 4, 1824. 

Henry Martin, Ensign, May 14, 1825. 

Asa Graham, Ensign, August 31, 1825. 

Simeon Fuller, Surgeon's Mate, September 8, 1825. 

Colmau Godwin, Colonel, August 10, 1825. 

Simeon Fuller, Surgeon's Mate, September 8, 1825. 

Joel Howe, Captain, May 14, 1825. 

Henry Kolfe, Captain, May 14, 1825. 

Alvin Bolster, Captain, August 31, 1825. 

Nathan Abbot, Ensign, July 6, 1826. 

Henry C. Rolfe, Captain, June 24, 1826. 

Levi Abbot, Lieutenant, June 24, 1826. 

Henry Martin, Lieutenant, July 6, 1826. 

Colman Godwin, Brigadier-General, September 8, 1827. 

Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., Aide-de-Camp, November 12, 1827. 

Joel Howe, Major, September 29, 1827. 

Calvin Howe, Ensign, June 19, 1828. 

Joel Howe, Lieutenant-Colonel, June 7, 1828. 

Henry Martin, Captain, June 19, 1828. 

Joseph H. Wardwell, Captain, June 30, 1828. 

Nathan Abbot, Lieutenant, June 19, 1828. 

Asa Graham, Lieutenant, June 30, 1828. 

Alvin Bolster, Major, June 7, 1828. 

Henry Martin, Captain, June 19, 1828. 

Uriah H. Virgin, Lieutenant, October 6, 1828. 

Jesse Morse, Cornet, October 6, 1828. 

Asa Graham, Captain, July 11, 1829. 

William Frost, Ensign, July 11, 1829. 

Timothy Jarvis Carter, Paymaster, April 19, 1830. 

Joel Howe, Colonel, November 27, 1830. 

Alvin Bolster, Lieutenant-Colonel, November 27, 1830. 

Alvin Bolster, Colonel, . 

The following were those commissioned during the last four years 
that the old militia law was in force : 

Kimball Martin, Cornet, April 9, 1839. 

Albion K. Knapp, Adjutant, February, 18, 1839. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 165 

Chas. A. Kimball, Brigade Major, March 25, 1839. 

Patrick H. Virgin, Aide-de-Camp, March 29, 1839. 

William M. Morse, Captain, May 2, 1839. 

Loammi B. Peabody, P2nsign, May 2, 1839. 

Thomas Roberts, Surgeon's Mate, July 20, 1839. 

Anson W. Farnum, Paymaster, August 26, 1839. 

Lyman Rawsou, Division Advocate, September 23, 1839. 

William Andrews, Captain, May 5, 1840. 

Enoch Knapp, Captain Cavalry Company, August 1, 1810. 

Kimball Martin, Lieutenant, August 1, 1840. 

Stephen Farnum, Major-General, October 6, 1840. 

Albion K. Knapp, Aide-de-Camp, October 24, 1840. 

William Andrews, Major, July 6, 1842. 

Livermore R. Hall, Lieutenant, July 6, 1842. 

Nathan S. Lufkiu, Lieutenant, March 3, 1843. 

Nathan S. Lufkiu, Captain, March 12, 1843. 

Joseph W. f:iliot. Lieutenant, May 20, 1843. 

Warren M. Adams, Ensign, April 20, 1843. 

The law requiring annual musters and frequent training by the 
Maine Militia, was repealed in 1843. William Andrews was pro- 
moted from the ranks to be Captain in 1840. He was subsequently 
promoted to Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, but was not mustered 
into the latter office until the law was repealed. Among the Light 
Infantry captains were Alvan Bolster, Solomon Cushmau and Joseph 
H. Wardwell. Joshua T. Hall was Captain of the militia from 
1836 to 1840. He was detailed as Captain to serve in the "Aroos- 
took War," so called, and under him were sixteen of the militia and 
eight of the Light Infantry, all from Rumford. Stephen H. Abbot 
and Cyrus Small served as Lieutenants under Captain Hall, and 
Alvan Bolster was subsequently promoted to the command of a 
Division, and was commissioned as Major General. 

The following is a list of Captain Joshua T. Hall's company of 
infantry for the protection of the northeastern frontier, which was 
mustered into service March 6, 1839, and discharged March 29, 
1839. John C. Stockbridge was Ensign, and John M. Adams, 
Orderly Sergeant. The men were from Rumford and adjoining 
towns : 

John C. Stockbridge, John M. Adams, John B. Holman, George 



166 HISTORY OF BUMFOriD. 

K. Smith, Enoch Stiles, deorge A. Ra}', Moulton Ellis, Jr., John 
W. Dearborn, Rathons B. Waite, Albert G. Glines, William An- 
drews, James Andrews, Horatio N. Abbot, Jonathan A. Bartlett, 
William Bailey, James S. Boynton, Simeon Braokett, George Dolly, 
Abner II. Elliot, AVilliam French, P2nos A. Ilutchins, Kimball 
Hall, Asa Hardy, Abiathar C. Jennings, Aaron H. Lufkin, Azel 
Lovejo^', James Lamb, Silas I>IcKenney, Ezra Noyes, Luther Rich, 
Alsworth Taintc-r, John Shackley, Benjamin Stevens, Elbridge 
Tucker, Stephen Virgin, John Winter, Hiram Young, William P. 
Frost, Ashur Burns, Rufus S. Royal and John I. Cross. 

Wau of 1812. 

When the war of 1812 broke out, the people of Rumford were 
loyal to the (Tcueral Government, and bitterly opposed to the nar- 
row and almost insurrectionary policy of the Governor of Massa- 
chusetts. The latter had a party in town, but it was comparatively 
small and insignificant. There was not much that a small, inland 
town could do to show her loyalty except to vote when occasion 
offered, and the votes of Rumford during those years were very 
strongly in favor of the war. Several Rumford people also enlisted 
in the regular service, as it was called ; some died while in the ser- 
vice, one returned minus an arm, and others with health more or 
less impaired. Among those who entered active service early in 
the war, were William Simpson, Jeremiah Farnum, Paul Simpson, 
Daniel Hodsdon, Daniel Carr and Alfred Lufkin. Carr lost an 
arm, and was a well known character in Rumford for many years 
after his return from the war. 

When the militia was called out to protect the City of Portland 
against a threatened invasion, there was a generous response from 
Rumford and the adjoining towns. When the orders came, Nathan 
Adams mounted on horseback, travelled through Rumford, the lower 
part of 15ethel, Newry, Andover, Peru, Dixfield, Alban}-, Water- 
ford and Norway, and through several neighboring plantations, 
notifying the people of the threatened attack upon the principal 
seaport town of the district, and very soon a large and eflicient 
company, under command of Captain William Wheeler of Rumford, 
was ready to march. This was in the autumn of 1814, and this 
company was in service at Portland from September twenty-fifth to 
Noveml)er ninth. They were in the regiment of Lieutenant-Colonel 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. 



167 



William Ryerson. The fears of the attack on Portland were either 
groundless, or the enemy, learning the preparations made to receive 
them, thought it the part of prudence to keep at a proper distance. 
There was no fighting, but those who responded to the call and 
remained in line of duty until ordered home, were entitled to just 
as much credit as though they had met and fought the enemy. 
Their names are given here in alphabetical order, as copied from 
the original muster-roll : 

WUliam Wheeler, Captain. 
Asa Bur bank, Lieutanant. 
Ingalls Bragg, Ensign. 
Henry Floyd, Ensign. 



Sergeants. 
Jesse Duston, 
Thomas B. Watson, 
Winthrop Newton, 
Moses Frost, 
Isaac Spring. 



Corporals. 

Samuel Knight, 
Hiram Mayberry, 
Benjamin Farrington, 
Daniel Crane. 



Musicians. 
Ebenezer Virgin, 
Joseph Killgore. 



Privates. 



Abbot, Ebenezer 
Abbot, Farnum 
Abbot, Enos, Jr. 
Abbot, Moses 
Abbot, Nathaniel 
Adams, Nathan 
Allen, Joseph 
Bell, William 
Burnham, Jedediah 
Burnham, Ira 
Burnham, Bohemia 
Barker, Nathaniel 
Bothwell, James 
Burbank, Stephen 



Bartlett, Freeborn 

Bailey, Joseph 

Boston, William 

Crane, John 

Chattey, John 

Cool broth, Ebenezer 

Chadbourne, Humphrey H. 

Coburn, Moses 

Dolloflf, David 

Durgin, Leavitt 

Fames, Samuel 

Estes, George 

Eastman, Haynes 

Farnum, Merrill 



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HISTOJRY OF RUMFORD. 



Farmnii, Samuel 
Furrington, Pbilamler 
Frost, John 
Foster, Asa 
Foster, Nathan 
Gliues, Timotliy 
GUnes, David 
Graham, fJeorge 
Godfrey, Joseph 
Goddard, David 
Howe, Otis 
Hodsdou, Daniel 

Howe, John 

Hewey, John 

Howard, John 

Hannaford, Solomon 

Hayes, John 

Henley, John 

Jewell, P^noch 

Lowell, Moses 

Lewis, Noah 

Locke, Thomas 

Moore, Humphrey 

Merrifield, Richard 

Moulton, S. 

Newton, Lambert 

Newton, Holsworth 

Nutter, Charles 



Osgood, Asa 
Putnam, Jacob 
Putnam, Stephen 
Putnam, Samuel 
Putnam, Jesse 
Poor, PMward L. 
Prince, Benjamin F. 
Pearl, Benjamin 
Pearl, Dimond 
Prince, AVilliam 
Philbrook, Simpson 
Rolfe, Samuel 
Rolfe, Nathaniel 
Ripley, Joseph 
Randall, Ezra 
Simpson, Paul K. 
Smart, Ira 
Stevens, Enoch 
Simpson, William 
Smith, Peter 
Stanley, Elisha 
Snow, Joshua 
Truett, George 
Tripp, Nathaniel 
Virgin, John 
Varney, Andrew 
AVhite, Aaron 
Warren, Gilbert 



In 1825, the roll of the Rumford company of militia was as fol- 
lows : 

Captain, Joel Howe. 
Lieutenant, Henry Martin. 
Ensign, Nathan Abbot. 



Sergeants. 

Calvin Howe, 
Daniel Martin, 
Daniel Hall. 



Corporals. 

Ebeu Glines, 
William W. Farnum. 



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169 



Privates. 



Aarou Virgin, 
Abial Faruam, 
David Abbot, 2d, 
David Atkius, 
Samuel Bartlett, 
William Burke, 
Joseph Berry, 
Alexis Burnham, 
Benjamin Brown, 
Sylvester Eaton. 
Timothy J. Carter, 
Simeon Farnum, 
Timothy Glines, 
Eben T. Goddard, 
John C. Hall, 
Asa S. Howard, 
Zebediah Hardy, 
John Hinkson, 
Daniel Hinkson, 
John Howe, Jr., 
Isaac Rolfe, 
Allen Segar, 
Paul Simpson, 
Leander Thompson, 
Rufus Virgin, 
Phineas Wood, 
Osgood E. Virgin, 



Jeremiah Wardwell, 
Shadrae York, 
Jeremiah Farnum, 
Daniel Holden, 
Otis Howe, 
Joseph Hutchins, 
Alanson Hinckley, 
Joshua Hall, 
Alexander P. Kimball, 
John Lufkin, 
Samuel R. Morse, 
Sylvester Newton, 
Nathan Newton, 
True M. Osgood, 
Loammi Peabody, 
John E. Rolfe, 
Joseph Richardson, 
Jeremiah Richardson, 
Daniel Silver, 
George W. Sherborn, 
Josiah Parker, 
Nathan Silver, 
Nathan Knapp, 
John Richards, 
Waid Moor, 
John Mansur, 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

WAR OF THE REBELLION. 

?%i"y^^IIEN the war of the rebellion broke out in 1^61, no town in 
^Jt;*^-: Maine that did not have a company of organized militia, 
responded more promptly than did the town of Rumford. In re- 
sponse to the first call for seventy-five thousand men to serve for 
three months, Oxford county was called upon for one company. 
The only company of organized militia in Oxford county at that 
time was in Norway, and the Norway Light Infantry formed the 
nucleus of a comi)any for the First Maine Regiment, which was 
organized in May and started for Washington on the first day of 
June. Several Rumford men offered their services in this regiment, 
but such was the rusli for places, that only one actual resident of 
Rumford was accepted. Several natives of this town, then residing 
elsewhere, were in the First Maine Regiment. In the Fifth Maine 
Regiment, which was mustered into the United States service June 
24, 1861, were a number of men from this town, there being seven in 
one company. After this there were Rumford men in nearly every 
Maine regiment raised down to the close of the war. There were 
large squads from this town in the tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, seven- 
teenth, twentieth, twenty-third, twenty-ninth and thirty-first Maine 
Regiments of Infantry, and also in the Seventh Maine Battery of 
Light Artillery. Following is a list of the names of one hundred 
and twenty-seven men who served on the quotas of Rumford during 
the War of the Rebellion, and all but a very small number were 
residents of the town when they entered the service. It is believed 
that no other town in the county furnished a larger number of native 
born citizens, in proportion to its po|)ulation, than Rumford, and 
none had more men killed in action or died from wounds. Rum- 
ford soldiers had a part in all the great battles of the Army of the 
Potomac, and in the engagements on the lower Mississippi. Their 
record is every way honorable, and such as to reflect honor upon 
themselves and credit to their families and townsmen. Some of 
their dead repose in the National cemeteries, some were buried 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 171 

where they fell, and in a few instances their remains were brought 
home and interred by loving hands in the soil of their native town. 
Rumford has erected no monument to perpetuate their heroic deeds, 
but their sacrifices in behalf of home and country are not forgotten, 
and their memory is enshrined in loving and faithful hearts. 

Those who were killed in action or who died from wounds are 
given a conspicious place here, in order that they may be easily 
referred to, but those who died from disease contracted in the service, 
in the line of duty, are equally worthy. 

Franklin Bean, Samuel E. Lufkin, 

Silas Curtis, Richmond M. Lapham, 

Henry O. Eaton, Jerry W. Martin, 

Ajalon Godwin, Irving G. Martin, 

Charles A. Knapp, Robert Magill, 

ClNCINNATUS KeYES, IsAAC P. WiNG. 

The following soldiers died of disease before the expiration of 
their terms of service, and of disease contracted in the service. 

William Andrews, Charles H. Hardy, 

David W. Abbot, Herman Jacobs, 

William J. Baker, Henry Jordan, Jr. 

Barzilla S. Cobb, Albert Leavitt, 

Joseph E. Colby, Charles H. Lunt, 

RuFus R. Dunn, William P. Lang, 

Osgood Eaton, Nahum P. Moody, 

George F. Foye, James Mullen, 

Samuel Goodwin, Benjamin P. Thomas. 

The following list embraces all the names of Rumford Soldiers 
found on the books of the Adjutant General and is believed to be 
a correct list of the men who went into the army from this town : 

Hiram F. Abbot was mustered into the Second Maine Regi- 
mental Band, August 30, 1861, and served until the band was dis- 
charged by order of the Secretary of War. 

John Austin was mustered into Company G, Ninth Maine Vol- 
unteers, September 21, 1861, and was discharged for disability, 
January 5, 1863. 



172 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

William Andrews was mustered into Company Vj, Tenth Maine 
Volunteers October, 1(5, 1861, was discharged with the Regiment, 
May 8, 1863. He re-enlisted in the Seventh Maine Battery, was 
mustered December 30, 1863, and died in hospital, August 27, 
1864. 

David W. Abbot was mustered into Company H, Fourteenth 
Maine Volunteers, December 14, 1861, and died .January 19, 1862. 

Joseph H. Abbot was mustered as First Lieutenant in Com- 
pany F, of the Twenty-third Maine Regiment, and was discharged 
for disability in November following. 

Hazen M. Abbot was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out with 
the Regiment July 15, 1863. He was promoted corporal. He died 
of diphtheria soon after his discharge. 

Henry Abbot was mustered into Company B, Thirty-second 
Maine Volunteers, March 10, 1864, was wounded May 31, and 
December 12 transferred to Company K. Thirty-first Maine Volun- 
teers. 

Charles W. Akeley was mustered into the Seventh Maine Bat- 
tery, December 30, 1863, and was discharged for disability July 
17, 1864. 

Chelsea C. Abbot was mustered into Company D, Sixteenth 
Maine Volunteers, as corporal, August 29, 1862, and was mustered 
out as such with the Regiment. He was on the quota of Rumford, 
though reported as from Dixfield in the records of the Adjutant 
General. 

Henry F. Blanchard was mustered as Corporal into Company 
G, First Maine Cavalry, October 31, 1861 ; was promoted to Ser- 
geant and First Sergeant; re-enlisted December 31, 1863, and was 
promoted to Second Lieutenant ; he was discharged for disability, 
March 18, 186.5. He was on staff duty as Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the Cavalry de{)ot in 1864 and part of 1865, and also as 
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. 

Stillman Blanchard was mustered into the Second Maine Bat- 
tery, January 1, 1864. He was severely wounded and discharged. 
He married Kliza, daughter of John G. Burns of Woodstock, and 
died soon after of consumption. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 178 

William I. Blanchard served in the 19th Massachusetts Regi- 
ment. 

The above three were brothers. 

Eugene A. Barker was mustered into Company C, Twentieth 
Maine Vohinteers, August 29, 1862, and was discharged by virtue 
of Order number 64, "War Department. 

Frank Q. Bodwell is reported as having served in a Massachu- 
setts regiment. He enlisted as bugler in the Seventh Maine Bat- 
tery, was reduced to the ranks and mustered out with the Battery, 
June 21, 1865. He was the son of Samuel B. Bodwell. 

William H. Brackett was mustered into Company G, Second 
Maine Volunteers, May 28, 1861 ; served two years, and was mus- 
tered out with the regiment. He re-enlisted in the Twenty-ninth 
Maine Volunteers, and was mustered December 16, 1863. He was 
promoted Corporal and mustered out with the Twenty-ninth. In 
this regiment he is said to be of Auburn. He was a son of Peter 
D. and Betsey F. Brackett. 

Franklin Bean was mustered into Company I, Fifth Maine Reg- 
iment, June 24, 1861, and was killed in battle, July 2, 1863. He 
was the son of Luther Bean, and was unmarried. 

John H. Bean was mustered into Company D, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 15, 1861, and was discharged for promotion 
in the Second Louisiana Volunteers. He had been a trader at the 
Centre. 

Wilbur J. Baker was mustered into Company H, P'ourteenth 
Maine Volunteers, December 14, 1861, and died at Carrollton, La., 
September 7, 1862. 

John Brown was mustered into Company G, Fifteenth Maine 
Regiment, January 25, 1864, and was reported absent without leave 
October 10, 1865. 

Joseph Brown was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Volunteers, September 29, 1862, was promoted wagoner, and 
mustered out with the regiment, July 15, 1863. This man was from 
Milton plantation, but reported on Rumford's quota. 

Charles H. Buck was mustered into Company B, Third Maine 
Volunteers, July 17, 1863, and was transferred to the 17th Maine 
and then to the First Maine Heavy Artillery. He deserted to Can- 
ada, but returned and has since been pensioned for wounds. 



174 . HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 

Bar/illa S. Cobh was mustered into the Second Maine Battery, 
December 31, 18G3, and died of disease July 30, 1864. He was the 
son of Churchill Cobb, and grandson of Ebenezer Cobb of Norway. 

Silas Cuktis was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine 
Regiment, and was discharged for disability. He re-enlisted in 
Company C, Twentieth Maine Volunteers, and died of wounds, 
July 27, 1864. 

Henry M. Colby was mustered into the Second Maine Regiment 
Band, August 30, 1861, and was discharged with the band by order 
of the Secretary of War. 

John Casey was mustered into Company E, Fifth Maine Regi- 
ment, was promoted Corporal, and returned to the ranks at his own 
request. 

HoRAc-E K. Chase was mustered into Company I, Fifth Maine 
Volunteers, June 24, 1861, and served three years. 

Bartholomew Coburn was mustered into Company G, Ninth 
Maine Regiment, September 21, 1861, and was discharged for dis- 
ability, January 25, 1863. 

Francis E. K. Cushman, son of Francis and Lj'dia (Keyes) 
Cushman, was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine Regiment, 
November 21, 1861 ; was detached as brigade wagoner, and subse- 
quently discharged by order of the War Department. 

Royal A. Clement was mustered into Company D, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 15, 1861 ; was wounded September 
19, 1864 ; re-enlisted, was transferred to the Twelfth Maine Bat- 
talion, and was discharged July 24, 1866. 

Reuben B. Coburn was mustered into Company D, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 15, 1861 ; served out his term, re- 
enlisted, and was subsequently reported a deserter. 

Joseph E. Colby was mustered as First Lieutenant of Company 
B, Thirty-second Maine Volunteers, March 10, 1864, and died at 
City Point, Virginia, June 25, 1864, of disease. 

Elias N. Delano was mustered into Company C, Twentieth 
Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1862, and was discharged for dis- 
ability, February 4, 1863. 

Francis S. Delano was mustered into Company C, Twentieth 
Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1862 ; was transferred to the Invalid 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 175 

Corps, April 10, 1863, and was discharged by Order Number 94, 
War Department. 

Alphonso Dolloff served in Company G, First Maine Regiment. 
He is reported to have enlisted and been mustered into Company G, 
Seventh Regiment Maine Volunteers, August 21, 1861, and to have 
deserted the same day. (Adjutant General's Reports.) 

George Dolly was mustered into Company H, Eighth Maine 
Regiment as Sergeant, September 7, 1861 ; was promoted to Second 
Lieutenant, and afterwards discharged to accept a Captaincy in the 
First Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. 

Amos H. Dwinel served three years in a Massachusetts Battery. 
He was the son of Amos Dwinel. 

RuFus R. Dunn was mustered into Company C, Sixteenth Maine 
Volunteers, September 16, 1862, and died a prisoner in Richmond, 
July 21, 1863. 

Isaac R. Douglass was mustered into the Twelfth Maine Volun- 
teers, January 1, 1864. This man enlisted at New Orleans, was 
transferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion, and discharged July 
18, 1865. 

Charles Estes enlisted and was mustered into Company C, 
Twentieth Maine Regiment, August 29, 1862 ; was promoted Cor- 
poral, reduced to ranks, and discharged April 4, 1863. He was a 
resident of Bethel, but went on the quota of Rumford. 

Edward F. Elliot was mustered into Company F, Tenth Maine 
Regiment, October 4, 1861, was captured at Culpepper, and after- 
wards returned to duty. 

Osgood Eaton was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 21, 1861, and died July 3, 1863. 

Henry O. Eaton was mustered into Company B, Thirty-second 
Maine Volunteers, March 10, 1864, and died of wounds, June 3, 

1864. 

Arbury E. Eastman was mustered into Company G, Fifteenth 
Maine Volunteers, and was reported a deserter, February 16, 1862. 
He re-enlisted in the Seventh Maine Battery, mustered December 
30, 1863, and was discharged June 20, 1865. 

Farnum a. Elliot was mustered into Company G, First Maine 
Cavalry. (Record incomplete.) 



176 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Charles A. Eastman was mustered into the Ninth Maine Volun- 
teers, September 24, 18G2. 

Daniel G. Eastman was mustered as Corporal in Company B, 
Thirt3'-second Maine Volunteers, March 10, 1864, and was mustered 
out by consolidation of the regiment with the Thirty-first Maine,. 
December 12, 1864. 

Holland F. Eastman was mustered into Company F, Twenty- 
third Maine Volunteers, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out 
with the regiment. 

Charles W. Farndm was mustered into Company H, Thirteenth 
Maine Volunteers, December 12, 1861, and was discharged for dis- 
ability in July following. 

William H. Faunum was mustered into Company G, First Maine 
Cavalry, and was discharged F'ebruary 26, 1865. 

"William G. Faknum was mustered into Company B, Thirty- 
second Maine Volunteers, March 10, 1864, and December 12, 1864, 
was transferred to Company B, Thirty-first Maine Volunteers ; he 
was mustered out with that regiment, July 15, 1865. 

RuFus V. Farnum was mustered into the Seventh Maine Battery, 
December 30, 1863, and was mustered out with the Battery, June 
21, 1865. 

Edwari> Faunce was mustered into Company C, Twentieth Maine 
Volunteers, August 29, 1862, and was discharged with the regiment 
June 26, 1865. 

George F. Foye was mustered into Company B, Thirty-second 
Maine Volunteers, March 10, 1864, and died in Washington, August 
1, 1864. 

George L. Faun cm enlisted in the P^leventh Massachusetts Regi- 
ment, and was severely wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, 
resulting in the loss of the use of one of his hands. He afterwards 
graduated from Colby University, studied law and practiced in Nor- 
way. He died in 1877. 

Elisha F. GoDDARi) was mustered as Quartermaster Sergeant of 
the Twelfth Elaine Volunteers ; was promoted to Second and First 
Lieutenant, and Captain of Company A ; re-enlisted and was trans- 
ferred to Twelfth Maine Battalion. He resigned in November, 
186.'). 



ins TOBY OF nUMFORD. 177 

Ephraim F. Goddard was mustered into Company B, Thirt}'- 
second Maine Regiment, March 10, 1864, and was transferred to 
Company B, Thirty-first Maine, December 12, 1864, aad was mus- 
tered out with the regiment, July 15, 1865. 

Ajalon Godwin was mustered into Company H, Fourteenth 
Maine Volunteers, as Sergeant, December 14, 1861, was promoted 
First Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant, and Captain, and died 
of wounds received September 19, 1864. 

Joel Goodwin was mustered in Company F, Twenty-third Maine 
Volunteers, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out with the 
regiment. He re-enlisted in the Seventh Maine Battery, was mus- 
tered December 30, 1863, and was discharged with the Battery, 
June 21, 1865. 

Samuel Goodwin was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out with 
the regiment, July 15, 1863. He re-enlisted in the Seventh Maine 
Battery, was mustered December 30, 1863, and died at City Point, 
Va., October 4, 1864. 

Alvan B. Godwin was mustered as Quartermaster of the Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, March 9, 1865. 

Osgood A. Hodgman was mustered into Company C, Twentieth 
Maine Regiment, August 29, 1862, and was transferred to the In- 
valid Corps. 

William H. Harper was mustered into Company I, Fifth Maine 
Regiment, June 24, 1861 ; was dropped from the rolls by Order 
number 162, of War Department, and was subsequently restored 
and served out his term. 

Chas. J. Hardy was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 21, 1861, and died at New Orleans, June 2, 
1862. 

Joel B. Howe was mustered into Company D, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 15, 1861, and was discharged for disability 
April 15, 1862. 

Charles F. Howe was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was discharged with the 
regiment, July 15, 1863. 

William C. Hutchinson was mustered into the Seventh Maine 

12 



178 HISTORY OF EUMFOJW. 

Battery, December 30, 186.'5, and was discharged for disability June 
2, 1864. 

George H. Hutchins was mustered into the Seventh Maine Bat- 
tery, December 30, 1803, and was discharged with the Battery, 
June 21, 18G5. 

Herman Jacobs was mustered into Company G, Ninth Maine 
Vohmteers, September 21, 1861, and died November 1 following. 

William Jacobs was mustered into Company G, First Maine 
Cavalry ; was wounded October 27, 1863, and was discharged June 
20, 1864. 

EzEKiKL E. Jackson was mustered into Company C, Fourth 
Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1863, and was discharged for disa- 
bility, December 7, following. 

Henry Jordan, Jr., was mustered on the quota of Rumford, into 
Company H, Fourteenth Maine Volunteers, March 21, 1864; he 
died in New Orleans. This man's home was in Woodstock. 

Charles A. Knapp was mustered into Company G, Second Maine 
Regiment, July 10, 1861 ; he was promoted Corporal, wounded in 
the battle of Gaine's Mill, transferred to the Twentieth Maine Reg- 
iment, July 4, 1862, and was killed in battle, May 28, 1864. 

CiNCiNNATUs Keyes was mustered into Company A, Tenth Maine 
Volunteers, October 4, 1861, was wounded in the battle of Cedar 
Mountain, and died of his wounds. 

Albert Leavitt was mustered into Company C, Twentieth Maine 
Volunteers, August 29, 1862, and died November 3 following. 

Samuel E. Lufkin was mustered into Company I, Fifth Maine 
Regiment, June 24, 1861, and was killed in battle at Crampton 
Pass. 

Abijaii Lapham enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second Maine 
Volunteers, went to the front with the regiment and was accident- 
ally killed by a comrade at North Anna River, Va. 

Charles A. E. Lufkin was mustered as j)rivate in Company F, 
Twonty-tliird Maine Volunteers, September 29, 1862, and was mus- 
tered out witli the regiment, July lo, 1863. 

Joseph C. IvAPHam was mustered into Company F, Tenth Maine 
Regiment, October 4, 1861, was captured at Winchester, Va., and 
paroled. He served out his time in the Tenth, re-enlisted in the 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 179 

Seventh Maine Battery, mustered December 30, 1863, and was 
mustered out with the Battery, June 21, 1865. 

Richmond M. Lapham was mustered into Company I, PMfth 
Maine Regiment, June 24, 1861 ; he served out his time of three 
years, re-enlisted, and was missing after the battle of Spotsylvania, 
May 10, 1864. After the capture of Richmond, a hospital record 
was found by which it was learned that he was severely wounded, 
but no account of his death was given. He doubtless died of his 
wounds. He was the son of Thomas and Sophronia (Crooker) 
Lapham, and unmarried. 

Charles H. Lunt was mustered into Company D, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 15, 1861, and died at New Orleans, July 15, 
1862. 

William P. Lang was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was discharged with the 
regiment, July 15, 1863. He re-enlisted in Company F, Twenty- 
ninth Maine Volunteers, was mustered November 13, 1863, and 
died of disease, June 26, 1864. 

Ayers Little was mustered into Company K, Twenty-ninth 
Maine Volunteers, January 5, 1864, and was mustered out with the 
regiment. 

William Linsey was mustered into Company K, Twenty-ninth 
Maine Volunteei'S, January 5, 1864 ; was promoted Corporal and 
mustered out with the regiment. 

William Lockmeyer enlisted at New Orleans into Company A, 
Twelfth Maine Volunteers, August 31, 1862; was taken prisoner 
at Cedar Creek, September 19, 1864, and subsequently returned and 
was transferred to Twelfth Maine Battalion. He was discharged 
October 10, 1865. 

Nahum p. Moody, son of Hezekiah and Hannah (Estes) Moody, 
was mustered into Company C, Twentieth Maine Volunteers, Aug. 
29, 1862, and died November 28, 1862. He married Melinda S., 
daughter of David Elliot. 

Jerry W. Martin was mustered into Company I, Fifth Maine 
Volunteers, June 24, 1861, and was killed in battle. May 12, 1864. 

Irving G. Martin was mustered into Company K, Tenth Maine 
Volunteers, October 4, 1861, and died of wounds received in action, 
January 22, 1863. 



180 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Franklin Martin was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine 
Regiment, November 21, 18G1, served his time and was mustered 
out December 7, 1864. 

William Martin was mustered into the Seventh Maine Battery, 
December 30, 1863, and was mustered out with the Battery, June 
21, 1865. 

James Mullen enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Maine Volun- 
teers, at New Orleans, January 1, 1864, and was credited to Rum- 
ford. He was taken prisoner October 19, 1864, and was subse- 
quently transferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion. He died in 
rebel prison, November 11, 1864. 

WiNFiELi) S. Martin was mustered into Company F, Twenty- 
third Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out 
with the regiment, July 15, 1863. 

William H. Moore was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 21, 1861, served out his term, re- 
enlisted, was transferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion, appointed 
musician, and was mustered out April 18, 1866. 

William K. Moore was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 21, 1861, was promoted Corporal, 
served out his term and was mustered out December 7, 1864. 

George T. Mansur was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 21, 1861, was promoted to Sergeant, 
served out his term, and was mustered out of service, December 7, 
1864. 

Robert McGill was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 21, 1861, and died of wounds. May 2Ci, 1863. 

AiNSWORTH W. MoREY was mustcred into Company F, Twenty- 
third Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out 
with the regiment, July 15, 1863. 

Levi Moody was mustered into Company B, Thirty-second Maine 
Volunteers, jM arch 10, 1864, was transferred to Company B, Thirty- 
first Maine Volunteers, December 12, 1864, and was discharged 
May 20, I860, by order of General Dix. 

Patrick McAiuley enlisted on the quota of Rumford, in Com- 
pany H, Fourteenth Maine Volunteers, June 12, 1862, at New 
Orleans. He deserted, March 27, 1864. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 181 

Charles L. Newton was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 21, 1861, and was discharged for dis- 
ability. 

Charles W. Nelson was mustered into Company C, Twentieth 
Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1862, and was discharged by Order 
Number 94, War Department. 

Horace H. Paine was mustered into Company A, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 21, 1861, and was discharged for disability, 
August 24, 1863. 

Otis Peverly was mustered into Company B, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, was transferred to Company A ; re-enlisted, was trans- 
ferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion, and was mustered out April 
18, 1866. 

Irving B. Parker was mustered into the Twelfth Maine Regi- 
ment, Company D, November 15, 1861, was promoted Corporal, 
and was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, De- 
cember 7, 1864. 

Lewis M. Perry was mustered into Company D, Twelfth Maine 
Volunteers, November 15, 1861, and was reported absent without 
leave, August 15, 1«63. 

James F. Pdtnam was mustered into Company D, Twentieth 
Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1862, and was discharged November 
24, following. 

Henry A. J. Rolfe was mustered into Company D, Sixteenth 
Maine Regiment, August 14, 1862, and was discharged in Novem- 
ber following. 

Oscar D. Rolfe was mustered into Company D, Twelfth Maine 
Regiment, November 15, 1861, was promoted Sergeant, served out 
his time, and was mustered out, December 7, 1864. 

Frank G. Russell was mustered as F'irst Lieutenant in Company 
C, Twentieth Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1862, and resigned 
January 10, 1863. He was a physician by profession, and prac- 
ticed some years in Rumford. 

Asa Richardson was mustered into the Seventh Maine Rattery, 
December 30, 1863, and was mustered out with the Battery, June 
21, 1865. He has since died. 

Isaac Small was mustered into the Second Maine Battery, De- 



182 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

ceniber 31, 18G3, aud was mustered out with the Battery, June IG, 
1865. 

Gkokoe E. Small was mustered into the United States service in 
Company I, Fifth Maine Volunteers, June 24, 1861, and was soon 
after detached aud placed on gunboat service. 

Skwall C. Smith was mustered into Company D, Fifth Maine 
Regiment, June 24, 1861, was promoted Corporal, re-enlisted and 
was transferred to the First Maine Veteran Volunteers. 

Benjamin W. Stevens was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 21, 1861 ; served out his term, re- 
enlisted, was transferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion, and was 
mustered out April 18, 1866. 

Edward E. Stevens was mustered as Corporal in Company F, 
Twenty-third Maine Volunteers, and was mustered out with the 
Regiment, July 15, 1863. 

William F. Stevens was mustered into Company F, Twenty- 
third Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out 
with the Regiment, July 15, 1863. He was mustered into Company 
K, Twenty-ninth Maine Volunteers, January 5, 1864. 

Jonathan V. Silver was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 21, 1861, served out his term and was 
mustered out of service, December 7, 1864. 

Jarvis M. Segar was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out with 
the Regiment, July 15, 1863. 

James W. Thomas was mustered into Company C, Twentieth 
Maine Regiment, August 29, 1862, and was discharged by Order 
Number 94, War Department. 

John F. Twombly was mustered into the Twelfth Maine Regi- 
ment, Company A, November 21, 1861 ; was promoted Corporal, 
re-enlisted, was transferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion, pro- 
moted Corporal, and was mustered out April 18, 1866. 

Benjamin P. Thomas was mustered into Company B, Sixteenth 
Maine, September 5, 1863, and died of disease November 24, fol- 
lowing. 

Augustus Taylor was mustered into Company H, Nineteenth 
Maine Volunteers, February 24, 1864 ; was transferred to the First 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 183 

Maine Heavy Artillery, and was reported a deserter from August 
9, following. 

Charles K. Virgin was mustered into Company F, Twenty-third 
Maine Regiment, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out with 
the Regiment, July 15, 1863. 

George E. Virgin was mustered into the United States service 
in Company F, Twenty-third Maine Volunteers, September 29, 
1862, and was mustered out with the Regiment, July 15, 1863. 
He died suddenly while riding in a sleigh, in Mexico, Maine. 

James M. Virgin was mustered as a private in Company F, 
Twenty-third Maine Volunteers, September 29, 1862, and was mus- 
tered out at the expiration of his term of service, July 15, 1863. 

Benjamin F. Virgin was mustered for the Ninth Maine Regi- 
ment, September 13, 1862 ; was wounded July 14, 1864, and re- 
ported a deserter, November 20, 1864, while absent in Maine. He 
is said to have re-enlisted under another name in New Hampshire, 
and to have served to the close of the war. 

Samuel F. Wing was mustered into Company E, Tenth Maine 
Regiment, August 14, 1862, and was transferred to the Tenth Maine 
Battalion. He was afterwards in the Twenty-ninth Maine Volun- 
teers. 

Charles K. Wyman was mustered into Company A, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 15, 1861, served out his term, re- 
enlisted, was transferred to the Twelfth Maine Battalion, and was 
mustered out April 18, 1866. 

Oliver H. Warren was mustered into Company D, Twelfth 
Maine Volunteers, November 15, 1861, and was discharged at 
Lowell, Mass., January 2, 1862. 

Caleb E. Walker was mustered into Company F, Twenty- third 
Maine Volunteers, September 29, 1862, and was mustered out with 
the Regiment, July 15, 1863. He has since died. 

Nathaniel Warren was mustered into Company A, Thirtieth 
Maine Volunteers, December 15, 1863, and was reported a deserter 
January 4, following. 

Isaac P. Wing was mustered into Company E, Thirty-second 
Maine Volunteers, April 2, 1864, and died of wounds, July 24, 
1864. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

EDUCATIONAL. 

^ARSON GOULD, in his brief history, gives some account of 
^^^ educational matters in Rumford at tlie time lie was settled 
here. There is no doubt the early settlers felt an interest in public 
schools, and fully appreciated the importance of educating their 
children. But there was not much wealth among them and money 
had to be expended in many directions. The highways of Rumford 
cost the town immense sums of money, and for many years about 
as many thousands were expended for roads as hundreds for schools. 
The plantation and early town schools were kept in private houses, 
and the terms were short and far between. The |)ay of the teachers 
was trifling, and this had to be made in the produce of the farm. 
When the town was incorporated, annual appropriations began to 
be made for the support of schools, very small at first, but the 
amount was gradually increased until it was a respectable sum. A 
full right in the township had been reserved for the benefit of the 
common schools in town, and after a time this was sold, the amount 
accruing forming a permanent school fund of which the income only 
could be used. This amount added to the amount raised by the 
town, enabled the districts to have two short terms a year. 

Some of the early settlers were educated sufficiently to teach the 
rudiments of an English education, and became teachers of youth 
in town. John E. Rolfe was a school teacher, but he did not come 
with the very first settlers. Abel Wheeler was a veteran teacher, 
and for many years was known as sucli in Rumford and all the 
adjoining towns. His services covered a long period, for the writer 
attended a part of a term which he taught in Bethel when he was 
nearly seventy-five years of age. Nancy Rolfe, daughter of Henry 
Rolfe, taught upwards of thirty terms of school, most of them in 
Rumford. Samuel R. Hall, Jr., son of the first settled minister, 
became a famous educator. His first schools were taught in Rum- 
ford, and here in this far inland town, he invented the black-board, 
and it was here used for the first time. He commenced teaching 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOBD. , 185 

when twenty years of age. At Concord, Vermont, in 1823, he 
opened and taught the first Normal School ever taught in this 
country. He was associated with Dr. Hitchcock and other learned 
men of his time ; aided in the geological survey of Vermont ; taught 
Normal schools at Concord, at Andover, Mass., and elsewhere ; had 
charge of the Academy at Plymouth, N. H., for many years ; was 
a preacher and had several settlements, besides being the author of 
several text-books, among which were "The Child's Assistant to a 
Knowledge of the Geography of Vermont," "Lectures on Teaching," 
"The Grammatical Assistant," "A School History of the United 
States," and the "Alphabet of Geology." His life was a busy one 
and his reputation wide-spread. It is a source of gratification to 
the people of Rumford that he commenced his career in this town, 
and that he here invented and first used the now indispensable 
black-board. 

Virtue Howard is remembered by all middle aged people in this 
region, as an enthusiastic teacher of public schools. She was never 
married, and her active experience in teaching covered a period of 
more than half a century. She taught school both summer and 
winter and at all seasons, and her services were ever in great de- 
mand. Terms of school were often postponed for her until she 
could fill her prior engagements. She was greatly beloved by a 
multitude of pupils, and the clouding of her intellect during the last 
years of her busy and useful life, was a source of sorrow to all. 

David Hutchins was an early Ruraford school-master, and always 
went by the name of "Master Hutchins." Charles A. Kimball 
taught school when quite a young man, and the first master's school 
ever attended by the writer was tauglit by him. It was in Bethel, 
on what was then called Berry's and since Bird Hill, and was about 
the year 1834. Henry Howard, a nephew of Virtue, became a very 
popular teacher in later years, but his career was cut short by death. 
The school on the east side of Ellis river was once taught by Sidney 
Perham, afterward member of Congress and Governor of Maine, 
and the one on the west side in the Howe district, by Alden Chase, 
for many years Register of Deeds for Oxford county. Both of 
these teachers are kindly and gratefully remembered by their former 
Rumford pupils. Both were from the town of Woodstock, and 
both were highly successful teachers. They adopted in teaching, 
the motto that "Order is Heaven's first Law," and more orderly and 
systematic schools were never taught in the county than those under 
their charge. 



186 HISTORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

Rumford has furnished a multitude of teachers first and last, both 
male and female. All the young men from this town who have 
obtained a liberal education, have taught more or less in the public 
schools as a means of raising money to meet their expenses at the 
academy or college. Among these may be named John M. Adams, 
William Wirt Virgin, William K. Kimball, Dana Hoardman Putnam, 
Henry Kinil)all, Curtis 1*. Howe, Samuel R. Hall, Henry Howard, 
and there have been many others. The family of Calvin Howe 
furnished six teachers of public schools, and the P^llis river families 
of this name have supplied a score or more. The Lufkins have 
taught school more or less. The writer has pleasant recollections 
of Grin H. Lufkin, whose school he attended at Locke's Mills in 
1849, and acting upon his advice, commenced the study of English 
Grammar. Two years later, the pupil taught the same school. 
Mr. Lufkin was a patient and pains-taking teacher, and an excellent 
disciplinarian. He has long since passed on and joined the great 
majority, but his memory is cherished by all his old pupils, and in 
a special degree by one. His wife and other members of the God- 
win family were also teachers. The Farnum and Elliot families 
have turned out a multitude of school teachers, and the Abbot fam- 
ilies perhaps more than any others, because the more numerous. 
The Kimball families have also furnished excellent teachers. 

There is no doubt that the advent of Parson Gould into Rumford 
gave a great stimulus to the cause of education. Liberally educated 
himself, a man of sound, practical common sense, he well under- 
stood the necessity of the education of the masses under a popular 
form of government. He virtually took charge of the schools here 
for man}' j'ears. He visited them often., encouraged tiie competent 
teachers, and unhesitatingly discharged those that were otherwise ; 
And when he closed his active life work, the schools in this town 
would compare favorably with the best in the county. He took 
pupils to his house and instructed them, and aided several young 
men in their preparatory college course. He desired to found a 
higher institution of learning in town, and offered to give lil)erally 
of his means to aid in starting it. But the project did not meet 
with much encouragement, and Bethel Hill taking hold of the 
matter, the school was established there, and "(Jould's Academy in 
Bethel," perpetuates the name of one of its principal founders. 
Had Mr. Gould's views been promptly seconded, this famous insti- 
tution of learning which has been patronized by many Rumford 
scholars, could just as well have been estal)lished here. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 187 

For the first year, the town of Rumford made no appropriation 
for public schools. The second year a beginning was made, by 
raising fifty dollars. This was gradually increased until it reached 
the sum of about four hundred dollars. In 1875, the sum raised 
was one thousand dollars, and since then it has been gradually fall- 
ing off, until in 1887 it was only a trifle over eight hundred dollars. 
In 1875, the interest on the school fund amounted to $199.15, and 
amount received from the State on account of special taxes for the 
support of public schools, $780, making the sum available for 
school purposes for the year, $1979.15. The establishment of what 
are known as the mill tax and the bank tax, by the State Legisla- 
ture, has been of great benefit to the cause of popular education in 
Maine. In this town, while the number of pupils attending school 
has been very much diminished in later years, the amount of money 
for school purposes has been increased, so that even the smaller 
districts are able to have schools of much greater efficiency and 
length, than would be the case if all the money for their support 
had to be raised in town. High schools have often been sustained 
in each of the three principal villages in town. Among those who 
have taught high schools here have been Stephen A. Holt of Nor- 
way, William Wirt Virgin, Larkin Dunton, Rev. Eliphalet Hopkins, 
Henry F. Howard, Sullivan R. Hutchins, and William M. Brooks 
of Oxford. 



CHAPTER XXX. 

OTHER LAND TRANSFERS IN RIIMFORD. 

J^||CTOBER 5, 1803. Sarah Stevens, widow of John Stevens, 
i^^^ merchant, of Concord, sold to Nathan Adams in considera- 
tion of the sum of Si 650, eight lots of land in Rumford, consisting 
of four 20 acre lots of interval, numbered from one to four on the 
north side of the Great river, and four 80 acre upland lots num- 
bered the same, and adjoining the interval lots, said lots having 
been drawn to the rights of Timothy Walker, Nathaniel Rolfe, 2d, 
Aaron Stevens and Benjamin Abbot. 

April 7, 1809. Simeon Virgin to Joshua Graham, lot number 
27, third division bounded by land of Edmund Page, Timothy 
Walker, David Abbot, &c. 

January 29, 1803. William Virgin to John Whittemore, both of 
Rumford, lot number 29, north of Great river, original right of 
Thomas Stickney. 

November 17, 1812. Joseph Wardwell to Rev. Daniel Gould, 
10 acres of land in Bethel above Capt. Eleazer Twitchell's laud. 

October 10, 1812. Rev. Samuel R. Hall to Cotton Elliot, part 
of lot number 22, second division, "it being all of that lot not al- 
ready sold to said Elliot and Nathaniel Sanborn." 

February 7, 1811. Joseph Wardwell of Turner to Nathaniel F. 
Higgins of Rumford, land in Turner ; consideration $2000. 

January 26, 1806. Jacob Abbot to William Wheeler, both of 
Rumford, lot number 20, and interval lot north of Great river. 

January 8, 1805. John Chandler, Jr., of Concord, to William 
Wheeler of Rumford, lot north of Great river, drawn to the right 
of John Chandler, Senior. 

September 21, 1810. Benjamin Morse of Rumford to John 
Thompson of Number 11, land in Rujnford adjoining said Thomp- 
son's land. 

Fel»ruary 3, 1805. Moses Varnum of Temple, Me., to John 
Thompson of Thompsontown Plantation, laud in Rumford, owned 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 189 

by tim in common and bought of Enoch Adams and Jonathan 
Stevens, it being lots number one each side of Ellis river. 

September 22, 1807. Nathan Adams of Rumford to Moses 
Merrill of East Andover, two undivided rights in said Andover, it 
being one sixty-fourth part of said town, and supposed to contain 
four hundred acres. Also lot number 7 in letter Y ; lot number 6 
range 2 ; number 2 on letter B ; one-half lot number 2, thirteenth 
range, and one right on sixty-fourth part of the township, and one- 
half right held in common with Nathan Swan. 

January 15, 1814. Obediah Kimball of Bethel to Aaron Marean 
of Rumford, blacksmith, one acre of land in Rumford, north of 
Great river ; also another lot on same side, and on the south side 
of a road leading from East Andover to Paris, and bounded east- 
erly by the road leading to the ferry granted to John E. Adams. 
(Adams had sold this same land May 28, 1811 to said Kimball and 
William West.) 

April 5, 1814. Moses Kimball of Rumford to Samuel Lufkin of 
same, part of lot number 27, north of Great river. 

John E. Adams of Rumford to Asa Hardy of Concord, N. H., 
one-half of lot, number one hundred, north of Great river. 

October 7, 1799. James C. Harper to Benjamin Lufkin, both of 
New Pennacook, two 100 acre lots, numbers 98 and 93, second 
division, north of Ammonscoggin river. 

February 9, 1812. David Abbot to Ezra Hoyt of Rumford, the 
Common share belonging to the original right of Peter Green, num- 
ber 70, third division. (Same day Hoyt sold the same laud to 
Parker Brown of Bow, N. H.) 

April 20, 1805. Paul Rolfe of Concord, N. H., to Phineas 
Howe of same, interval lot, number 22, north of Great river. 

1798 Joshua Graham to Samuel Hinkson, both of New Pen- 
nacook, lot number 45, second division situated on Swift river. 

March 23, 1801. Samuel Hinkson to Samuel Goss, both of 
Rumford, lot number 67, north of Great river, with house and barn 
thereon, land granted him by the proprietors. 

September 14, 1811. Stephen Putnam to Stephen Putnam, Jr., 
number 106, third division, and interval lot, number 18, first divi- 
sion. 

August 30, 1806. Ebenezer Fogg to William Simpson, both of 
Rumford, lot number 20, east side of Ellis river, and number 101 
noi'th of Great river. 



190 HISTORY OF RUMFOIID. 

Nov. 16, 1808. Stephen Hodsdou to William Simpson, both of 
Rumford, part of lot nnmber 103. 

November 12, 1810. Edmund Page of Rumford to Samuel 
Stevens, lot number 27, second division, north of CJreat river. 

September 30, 1810, Samuel Ilinkson, blacksmith, to Samuel 
Stevens, lot number 45, second division, west of Swift river, re- 
serving crops, blacksmith fixings, etc. (Same premises he bought 
of Joshua Graham in 1798). 

June 20, 1803. Sarah Stevens of Concord, N. H., to Stephen 
G. .Stevens of Salem, Mass., cabinet maker, lot number 20, east 
side of P211is river; 80 acre lot, number 17, west of Ellis river ; 
lots number G, 42 and 23 north of Great river ; also all the Com- 
mon land belonging to the above lots. The last four tracts being 
equal to four common rights and belonging to the rights of Philip 
Kimball, George Abbot, Thomas Stickney and Ebenezer Eastman. 

September 21, 1815. Francis Keyes to Francis Smart, north- 
erly half of lot number 85, 2d division ; the same bought of Joseph 
Lufkin. 

John E. Adams to Moses Kimball, l)lacksmith, several parcels of 
land in Rumford, all north of great river ; one adjoining land of 
Cushman and Bolster and containing 13 acres, more or less. 

September 7, 180G. Joshua Ripley to Nathan Hunting, undi- 
vided share or third division drawn against interval lot number 
one, west of Ellis river. 

April 3, 1791. Eleazer Twitchell of Bethel to Joshua Ripley of 
New Pennacook, three-fourths of a right of land in New Penna- 
cook, it being interval lot and first upland lot adjoining East 
Andover, on the west side of Ellis river, drawn to the right of 
Timothy Walker. (In 1811, Ripley deeded the major part of this 
land to Eben Poor of East Andover). 

March 30, 1813. Richard DollolT to John Dolloff, lot number 
92, north of Great River. 

February 5, 1799. Timothy Walker of Concord to Increase 
Dolly of New Pennacook, lot number 86, north of Great river, of 
which said Walker was the original grantee. 

October 21, 1814. Increase Dolly to Phineas Wood, land last 
named. 

Nov. 3, 1800. Daniel Knight to Philip Abbot, lot number 8, 
north of (ircat river, right of Ebenezer Hall. 

July 3, 17H7. Timothy Walker of Concord to Philip Abbot of 



HIS TOBY OF RUMFOBD. 191 

same, two whole rights in New Pennacook, of which Jonathan Mer- 
rill and Abraham Kimball were the original grantees. Also April 
2, 179G, interval lot belonging to original right of Ebenezer Hall. 

March 22, 1821. Daniel Carr to David Abbot, 3d, lot number 
16, first division north of Great river, excepting 16 acres, sold to 
Nathan Hunting, and 16 to Francis Smart. 

February 30, 1821. Phineas Frost of Howard's Gore to Asa 
Howard of Rumford, blacksmith, lot number 21, and interval lot, 
number 11, east side of Ellis river. 

March 15, 1821. Robert Hinkson, Jr., of Rumford, to Jesse 
Delano of Livermore, lot number 58, north of Great river, bounded 
west by land of Samuel Putnam. 

December 20, 1820. Daniel Hodsdon to Francis Cushman, lot 
number 103, north of Great river, excepting seven acres sold by 
Stephen Hodsdon to William Simpson. 

June 5, 1817. Gustavus A. Goss of Paris to Benjamin Flint of 
Rumford, Physician, part of 80 acre lots number 20 and 21, and 
part of interval lot, number 16, north of the Great river. 

October 30, 1817. Charles Ford of Rumford, cordwainer, to 
Gustavus A. Goss of Paris, part of lot number 6, south of Great 
river ; also part of 80 acre lot, number 3, adjoining. 

March 28, 1812. Gustavus A. Goss to Daniel Puffer, lot num- 
ber 9, second division, north of Great river. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



KUMFORD CIVIL OFFICERS. 



Clerks. 



Francis Keyes, 1800-1807. 
Joshua Graham, 1808-1810. 
Francis Keyes, 1811-1812. 
William Wlieeler, 1813-1818. 
Peter C. Virgin, 1810. 
William \Vheeler, 1820. 
Solomon Cushmau, 1821. 
Aaron Virgin, 182.5-1828. 
Alvan Bolster, 1829-1832. 
Edward Stevens, 1833-1834. 
Lyman Kawson, 1835-1836. 
Alvan Bolster, 1837-1838. 
Charles A. Kimbai:, 1839-1840. 
OtisC. Bolster, 1841. 
Albion K. Knapp, 1842-1843. 
James H. Farnum, 1844-1845. 



David Knapp, 1846. 
William Frost, 1847. 
Zenas W. Bartlett, 1848. 
Patrick Iloyt. 1849-1851. 
Thomas Roberts, 1852-18.54. 
William Frost, 1855-1856. 
Dexter D. W. Abbot, 1857. 
William Frost, 1858-1859. 
M. N. T.ufkin, 1860-1861. 
William Frost, 1862-1865. 
Henry M. Colby, 1866-1871. 
William Frost, 1872-1879. 
Freeman E. Small, lSSO-1885. 
Clarence M. Hutchins, 1886. 
James S. Morse, 1887 . 



Treasurers. 



David Farnum, 1800-1805. 
Jacob Farnum, 1806-1808. 
Abel Wheeler, 1809-1811. 
Nathan Adams, 1812. 
Aaron Virgin, 1813-1814. 
Abel Wheeler, 181.5-1816. 
Peter C. Virgin, 1817-1819. 
Abel Wheeler, 1820. 
Colman Godwin, 1821. 
Alvan Bolster, 1822-1823. 
Aaron Virgin, 1824-1828. 
Francis Cushman, 1829-1830. 
Otis r. Bolster, 1831. 
Joseph II. Wanhvell, 1S32-1833. 
Porter Kin)bali, is:^4-1835. 
Joshua Graham, 1836-1840. 



Edward Stevens, 1841 . 
Charles A. Kimball, 1842-1843. 
P. M. Wheeler, 1S44-1S45. 
John Martin, 1846. 
Otis C. Bolster, 1847-1851. 
Peter C. Virgin, 1852-1857. 
James M. Dolloff, 1858-1861. 
Francis A. Bacon, 1862-18()5. 
Calvin Howe, 1866-1870. 
Henry M.Colby, 1871. 
Calvin Howe, 1872-1874. 
Oliver Pettingill, 187.5-1876. 
Henry Abbot, 1877-1878. 
Charles W. Kimball, 1879-1882. 
Wal.lo IVttiiigill, 1883-1884. 
Charles W. Kimball, 1885 . 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 193 

Selectmen. 

1800. Francis Keyes, Philip Abbot, John Martin. 

1801. Francis Keyes, Stephen Putnam, Jeremiah Richardson. 

1802. Francis Keyes, Philip Abbot, John Martin. 

1803. Francis Keyes, John Martin, Wm. Virgin. 

1804. Francis Keyes, Joshua Graham, John Martin, Abel Wheeler, 
Kimball Martin. 

1805. Francis Keyes, Abel Wheeler, Wm. Virgin. 

1806. David Farnum, Abel Wheeler. William Virgin. 

1807. Francis Keyes, Joshua Graham, Kimball Martin. 

1808. Joshua Graham, Wm. Virgin, Kimball Martin. 

1809. Philip Abbot, Wm. Wheeler, Abel V.Hieeler. 

1810. Wm. AVheeler, Joshua Graham, Daniel Knight. 

1811. Francis Keyes. Win. Wheeier, Daniel luiight. 

1812. Francis Keyes, Abel Wheeler, Osgood Eaton. 

1813. Wm. Wheeler, Daniel Knight, Wm. Virgin. 

1814. Wm. Wheeler, Abel Wheeler, Peter C. Virgin. 

1815. Wm. Wheeler, Peter C. Virgin, Abel Wheeler. 

1816. Wm. Wheeler, Daniel Knight, John Thompson. 

1817. John Thompson, Abel Wheeler, Aaron Virgin. 

1818. Abel Wheeler, Aai-on Virgin, Kimball Martin. 

1819. AVm. Wheeler, Wm. Virgin, Aaron Virgin. 

1820. Wm. Wheeler, Moses F. Kimball, Francis Cushman. 

1821. Moses F. Kimball, Francis Cushman, Abel Wheeler. 

1822. Moses F. Kimbail, Wm. Wheeler, Abel Wheeler. 

1823. Wm. Wheeler, Abel Wheeler, John Eoife. 

1824. Moses F. Kimball, Joseph II. AVardwell, John Thompson. 

1825. Moses F. Kimball, Alvin Bolster, Curtis P. Howe. 

1826. Alvin Bolster, Curtis P. Howe, Eufus Virgin. 

1827. Solomon Crockett, Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., William Virgin. 

1828. Solomon Crockett, Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., Nathan Knapp. 

1829. Solomon Crockett, Hezekiali Hutchins, Jr., Nathan Knapp. 

1830. Solomon Crockett, Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., Nathan Knapp. 

1831. Moses F. Kimball, Alvin Bolster, Curtis P. Howe. 

1832. Moses F. Kimball, Alvin bolster, Lyman Eawson, 

1833. Lyman Rawson, Nathan Knapp, Kufus Virgin. 

1834. Lyman Rawson, Moses F. Kimball, Otis C. Bolster. 

1835. Lyman Rawson, James H. Farnum, David Kimball. 

1836. James H. Farnum, David Kimball, Simeon Fuller. 

1837. James H. Farnum, Simeon Fuller, Nathan Abbot. 

1838. Moses F. Kimball, John M. Eustis, Nathan Abbot. 

1839. John M. Eustis, Alvin Bolster, Simon Parlin. 

1840. Simon Parlin, Porter Kimball, Stephen Farnum. 

1841. Rufus Virgin, John Rolfe, David Kimball. 

1842. James H. Farnum, David Kimball, Samuel Barker. 

1843. James H. Farnum, Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., Timothy Walker. 

13 



194 HISTOItY OF RUMFOBD. 

1844. James H. Ftirmim, llczekiah Hutchins, Jr., Timothy Walker. 

1845. Timothy Walker, Alvin Bolster, Amos Dwinel. 
184G. Timothy Walker, Amos Dwinel. Asa S. Howard. 

1847. Timothy Walker, Amos Dwinel, Asa S. Howard. 

1848. Amos Dwinal, .lohn Howe, IJufus Virgin. 

1849. Timothy AValker, Amos Dwinal, Hufus Virgin. 
18.50. Timothy Walker, Kufus Virgin, David Blanehard. 

1851. liufus Virgin, David Blanchard, Joseph E. Colby. 

1852. Otis C. Bolster, David Blanchard, David Kimball. 
18.53. Otis C. Bolster, David Kimball, Charles E. Virgin. 

1854. James Bnllock, Charles PL Virgin, Frye H. Hutchins. 

1855. Joseph E. Colby, Frye H. Hutchins, John Martin. 

1856. Joseph E. Colby, Frye H. Hutchins, Thomas J. Bisbee. 

1857. Nathan S. I>ufkin, Thomas J. Bisbee, Samuel H. Wood. 

1858. Nathan S. Lufkin, Sanmel H. Wood, D. D. W. Abbot. 

1850. Joseph E. Colby, D. D. W. Abbot, Patrick Hoyt. 

1860. William Irish, Patrick Hoyt, Jonathan K. Martin. 

1861. William Irish, Jonathan K. ^lartin, Frye II. Hutchins. 

1862. Timothy AValker, Frye H. Hutchins, Henry Abbot. 

1863. Timothy Walker, Frj'e H. Hutchins, Henry Abbot. 

1864. Timothy Walker, Henry Abbot, O. W. Blanchard. 

1865. Timothy AValker, O. W. Blanchard, William Irish. 

1866. AVilliam Irish, J. K. Martin, George W. Perry. 

1867. J. K. Martin, George W. Perry, P. M. Putnam. 

1868. J. K. Martin, P. M. Putnam, Calvin Howe. 

1869. J. K. Martin, P. M. Putnam, George W. Perry. 

1870. P. M. Putnam, George W. Perry, N. S. Farnum. 

1871. Timothy Walker, X. S. Farnum, Henry Abbott. 

1872. Timothy Walker, Henry Abbot, John Swain. 

1873. Henry Abbot, ^Valdo Pettengill, Henry M. Colby. 
1S74. J. K. Martin. Henry M. Colby, John Howe. 

1875. Waldo Pettengill, John Howe, li. G. Roberts. 

1876. Waldo Pettengill, John Howe, L. G. Roberts. 

1877. Waldo Pettengill. John Hiram HoXve, Wilson Thomas. 

1878. John H. Howe. Wilson Thomas, Waldo Pettengill. 

1879. M. X. Lufkin, H. F. Abbott, Fred A. Porter. 

1880. Waldo Pettengill, Fred A. Porter, John Howe. 

1881. Waldo Pettengill, Henry Abbot, John Howe. 

1882. Waldo Pettingill, Fred A. Porter, William H. Farnum. 

1883. Fred A. Porter. William H. Farnum, C. W. Kimball. 

1884. AVilliam II. Farnum, M. N. I.ufkin, Fred A. Barker. 

1885. Waldo Pettengill, Fred A. Porter, Samuel L. Moody. 

1886. ^Vald(> Pettengill, IVed A. Porter, Samuel L. Moody. 

1887. Waldo Pettengill. Samuel L. Moody, Jere H. Martin. 

1888. F. A. Barker, F. H. Bartlett, Samuel L. Moody. 

1889. F. A. Barker, F. II. Bartlett, John E. Elliot. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 195 

Civil Commissions. 

The followiug citizeus of Rumford have received commissions 
from the Governor of the State for the offices named. Many of 
them received several reappointments, bnt the dates here f^iven 
represent the first time appointed. The term Justice of the Peace 
represents also Justice of the Peace and Quorum : 

Justice of the Peace. Joseph Adams, 1S24; Xathau Abbot, 1838; 
Alvan Bolster, 1825; Francis Cushman, 1820; Solomon Crockett, 1828; 
John M. Eustis, 1839; Wm. Frost, 1834; James H. Farnum, 1839; Colman 
Godwin, 1826; Eben T. Goddard, 1835; Hezekiah !Iutchins, 1827; Curtis 
P. Howe, 1828; Hezekiah Ilutchins, Jr., 1838; Francis Keyes, 1821; 
Moses F. Kimball, 1822 ; David Kimball ; Lyman Rawson, 1830 ; Aaron 
Stevens, 1829; Petei- C. Virgin, 1821; Joel C. Virgin, 1835; Jonathan 
Virgin, 1837; Wni. Wheeler, 1820; Abel Wheeler, 182S; Joseph H. Ward- 
well, 1832; Timothy Walker, 1838; Isaac Whittemore, 1839; David F. 
Adams, 1842; Henry Abbot, 1848; Samuel V. Abbot, 18.58; Wm. W. 
Bolster, 1858; Zenas W. Bartlett, 1847; Joseph E. Colby, 1851; James M. 
Dolloff, 1847; Joseph W. Elliot, 1853; William Elliot, 1858; Joshua Gra- 
ham, 1848; Alvan B. Godwin, 1849; Ajalon Godwin, 1851; Asa S. How- 
ard, 1842; Joseph T. Hall, 1S41; Sullivan E. Hutehins, 1859; Patrick 
Hoyt, 1857 ; Charles A. Kimball, 1841 ; Albion K. Knapp, 1847 ; David 
Knapp, ]S58; Jacob B. Leach, 1840; Orrin H. Lufkiu, 1848; Nathan S. 
Lufkin, 1855;. I. Atwood Putnam, 1855; Thomas Roberts, 1849; Charles 
H. Silver, 1848. 

COKONEKS. David H. Farnum, 1829; Colman Godwin, 1821; Hezekiah 
Hutehins. Jr., 1831; Porter Kimball, 1833; Simon Virgin, 1824; Phineas 
Wood, 1821; William Frost, 1847; Asa S. Howard, 1842; David H. 
Adams, 1842; John Martin, 1847; Florus H. Bartlett, 1881. 

Trial Justices. Peter C. Virgin, 1860; Sullivan R. Hutehins, 1887; 
Charles A. Kimball, 1887; Marcius Knight, 1883; Henry A. Small, 1887. 

Dedimus Justice. Lyman Rawson, 1839; Peter C. Virgin, 1820; 
Moses F. Kimball, 1829; Wm. Wheeler, 1820. 

To Solemnize Marriages. Joseph Lufkin, 1821 ; Daniel Gould, 1821 ; 
Geo. L. Burbank, 1876 ; Patrick Hoyt. 1866 ; Richard Vivian. 1872 ; Luther 
Walcott, 1862. 

Justice of Court of Sessions. Peter C. Virgin, 1830; William 
Wheeler, 1820. 

County Attorney. Peter C. Virgin, 1838, 1841. 

Those who held commissions as Justice of the Peace before the Separation 
from Massachusetts, were, Peter C. Virgin, Benjamin Rolfe, William 
Wheeler, Francis Keyes, Moses F. Kimball and Joseph Adams. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

EAKLY ROADS. 

flj^yjOR more than a dozen years after the settlement of this town, 
^j^y there was no road between here and Portland, b}' the wa^' of 
Paris. A settlement on Paris Hill was begun about the time that 
the first settler came to Rumford, and a few years later, a road had 
been laid out and built betv^een Paris and Portland, by way of 
Poland and New Gloucester, but Paris was for some time its 
northern terminus. There was a path through the woods to Rum- 
ford. It followed up the little Androscoggin river to Bryant's 
Pond, then struck off to North "Woodstock, and for several miles 
was along a peculiar ridge of laud, very early, and to the present 
time, called the " Whale's Back." Persons frequently passed 
through the wilderness between the settlements on the Androscog- 
gin and the Jackson settlement, as Paris Hill was then called, on 
foot and sometimes on horseback. The distance was not far from 
twenty miles, and there was no intervening habitation or clearing. 
In winter, the journey was generally made on snow-shoes. 

In 179.5, the inhabitants of New Pennacook petitioned the Court 
of General Sessions, which held its terms in Portland, for the loca- 
tion of a road from the southeast corner of Paris, bj' way of a place 
called "Stony Brook," and " Biscoe's Falls." to the northwest 
corner of Paris, and from thence through township number 3 to the 
south line of New Pennacook. The praj'er was granted, and the 
following persons were appointed to locate the road : Nathaniel C. 
Allen, Isaac Parsons, Ichabod Bonney, John Greenwood and Peleg 
Chandler. The following are some of the points named in the 
minutes of the survey : " Beginning at a hemlock tree in the easterlj' 
line of Paris standing in the center of the County road to be located 
and laying two rods on each side of the corner ; thence to a point 
opposite Solomon Shaw's house ; thence to a point opposite Abuer 
Shaw's barn ; thence to a point opposite Benjamin Hammond's 
barn ; thence to the center of a county road formerly laid out to the 
center lot in Paris ; thence on said road 155 rods to the end thereof : 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 197 

thence to the bridge over Swift brook ; thence to the north end of 
the bridge over Fall brook ; thence to a stake and stones on the 
easterly bank of the little Amariscoggin river at Biscoe's Falls ; 
thence across said river to a spruce tree, &c., &c., to the northwest 
corner of Paris ; thence through number 3 to the southerly end of a 
ridge called ' Whale's back ;' thence on said ridge to the northerly 
end thereof near a brook, and thence to a Norway Pine tree stand- 
ing in the southerly line of New Pennacook." The Commissioners 
were eleven days in locating this road and the entire expense, in- 
cluding seven days labor by Lemuel Jackson, Jr., and six by 
Nicholas Chesley, was $99.00. The road here described, and which 
was opened within a year or two, did not follow the old spotted 
line and path through Number 3, now Woodstock, but passed over 
the high lands of that town, where the Bryants soon after began a 
settlement, and intersected the old foot-path at North Woodstock. 
In 1802, on petition of Francis Keyes of Rumford, and also parties 
in Bethel and Paris, the Court of Sessions appointed Michael Little 
of Lewiston, a committee to repair the road between Paris and 
Rumford, -through Number 3. Mr. Little owned lands in Number 
3, now Woodstock, which accounts for his appointment. 

One of the earliest roads built in Rumford, was on the south side 
of the Great Androscoggin river, to connect with a road to Peru 
and Jay. The town of Jay then included the present town of Can- 
ton. There is no record of the location of this road by order of the 
Court of Sessions, and it was probably laid out and built by the 
settlers. It was built prior to 1788, for Samuel Titcomb of Wells 
wrote a letter that year, in which he stated that a road had lately 
been cleared out from Butterfield to New Pennacook and Sudbury, 
Canada. Butterfield Plantation then included the present towns of 
Sumner and Hartford, but just where the road here described entered 
the Pennacook road, the oldest inhabitant does not know. Between 
1784 and 1802, several down river roads were located to connect 
with the "Pennacook road" as it is invariably called in the records 
of the Court of Sessions. In 1802, a road was located by Isaac 
Parsons, Jedediah Cobb, Abijah Buck, John Greenwood, Peter 
Chandler and John Thompson, a committee appointed by the Court 
of Sessions, from Isaac Bouney's well in the town of Sumner to the 
Pennacook road in Jay. Most of the committee were of New 
Gloucester, but Abijah Buck was of Buckfield, and John Thompson 
who was the Surveyor of the party, was of Rumford. 



158 HISTORY OF It UM FORD. 

The road from Paris to New Peunaeook is the ouly one on record 
as having been laid out by order of the Court of Sessions to accom- 
modate the settlers of this town. In 1805, the county of Oxford 
was organized, and county roads in Rumford were thereafter located 
by the County Commissioners. The Paris and New Peryiacook road 
was only located to the Southerly line of Rumford, where it doubt- 
less connected with a system of roads located and built by tlie town. 
It is much to the credit of the early settlers here, that they located 
and cleared out their own hiiiliways, constructed their own bridges, 
and had no help from the county of Cumberland. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



DEATHS IN RUMFORD. 



PIE following deaths of Rumford people are from the records 
of the Congregational Church, and down to eighteen hundred 
and fifty-two, and in the handwriting of Rev. Eliphalet S. Hopkins. 

1840. 
Aug. 17, Mrs. Dolly Bolster; Sept. 9, Asa Farnum ; Oct. 9, 
Mrs. Asa Howard ; Mrs. Aaron Stevens ; Abiel Stevens ; Nov. 9, 
Mr. Wakelield ; Asa Howard; Dec. '2S., Nathan Adams; Oct., two 
children of David Abl)ott ; Cyrus Small's child ; Mrs. Chew ; Mrs. 
Ackley ; Mrs. Robert Hinkson ; Mr. Richardson; S. Hall; Mrs. 
Hoyt ; Mrs. Kyle ; ]\Irs. Richard Caldwell ; child of Otis Howe ; 
ISIrs. Robinson ; jMr. Chapman. 

1841. 

Oct. 0, INIrs. Treadwell ; Mrs. Burgess and sister; Nov. 2, Eldad 
Howard ; Nov. 2'J, Dr. Simeon Fuller. 

1842. 
January 18, :Mrs. Oreenloaf : Feb. 6, child of Otis C. Bolster ; old 
Mrs. Ackley; Apr. (>, child of Gardiner Hoyt; May 14, ]Mrs. Otis 
Howe; children of John Graham, "Wheeler Farnum, Melancthon 
Wheeler; f^ben Virgin; July 1, I\Ir. F. Putnam, Mrs. Osgood 
Eaton ; Mr. Rice INIorse ; children of Jeremiaii Wardwell and Isaac 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 199 

Hall ; Sept. 10, child of Auson Faruum ; Sept. 2, Thatcher God- 
dard ; Oct. 15, Almira Greeu. 

1843. 

Mrs. Joshua Graham ; Sarah Virgin ; Miss Harris ; June, Mrs. 
Thomas; child of J. Keunison ; Aug., Mrs. J. Thompson, Green- 
leaf Stevens ; Nov. 17, Henrietta L. Bolster ; Mrs. Morse ; Dec. 9, 
child of Francis Cushman ; Dec. 28, Francis Cushman. 

1844. 

Apr. 3, Mrs. Trumbull; Apr. 9, Mrs. Richardson; May 27, 
child of Timothy Holt; child of Hazen Keach ; Aug. 8, child of 
Esther "Wood ; Aug. 17, Nancy Kimball ; child of Wheeler Farnum ; 
Nov., wife of Wheeler Farnum ; Dec. 1, child of Hiram Abbot. 

1845. 

March, Nancy Howe ; Solomon Martin ; April, Samuel Lufkin ; 
Mrs. Kimball Martin ; Phineas Wood ; Calista Green ; Sept. 9, 
Cornford Cushman ; Jeremiah Virgin ; child of A. K. Knapp ; Oct. 
24, Richard Dolloff, aged 91; Mr. Israel Putnam; child of E. 
Hinkson ; Nov. 14, Charles Adams ; child of Cyrus Elliot. 

1846. 

Ezra Smith, Esq. ; March 24, child of Joseph Moody; May 1, 
child of Gardiner Hoyt ; June 9, Moses Wardwell ; Mrs. Knight; 
child of Mr. Parker and one of Mr. McCrillis ; Sept. 16, M. 
Wheeler; Sept. 25, Mrs. Howord ; Nov. 16, child of Carter Elliot; 
Dec. 8, Mrs. Carr; children of Aaron Elliot; Nathan Abbot ; Mr. 
Richardson ; Mr. Wood and Monroe Morse. 

1847. 
May 9, Mrs. Brown; Sept., Mrs. Lane; child of Dr. Bartlett ; 
Oct. 18, child of Loammi B. Peabody ; Dec, Angelia Elliot. 

1848. 

Phineas Howe ; son of Jeremiah Farnum ; child of Wheeler 
Farnum ; Mrs. Isaac Whittemore ; May 2, Mrs. Cyrus Small ; 
child of Mr. Richardson ; May 6, Daniel Glines ; child of William 
Martin ; July 4, Marshall Hinkson ; George Hinkson and Charles 
Wood were drowned, near Rumford Point ; Aug. 2, child of O. H, 
Lufkin. 



200 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 



1849. 



March 1, Mrs. Josiah Keyes ; March 2, Joseph II. "Wardwell ; 
March .'», Capt. Joseph "Wardwell, father of the last named ; Feb. 
24, Chf.rles Virgin; ]Marcii 3, Miriam Stevens; Apr. 27, Mrs. J. 
Abbot; ]\ray 4, Beuj. Morse; May 14, child of Cotton Elliot; 
June 21, IMrs. Cyrus Small; July 2, Mrs. Holt; Mrs. Deacon 
Hutchins ; children of Mr. Elkins, AVarren Adams. 

1850. 

Child of Charles Virgin ; child of Mr. Jones ; child of James M. 
Dolloff ; March, Mr. Nathan Silver; Apr., child of Benj. Putnam ; 
child of Osgood P>aton ; child of H. Richardson ; Mr. Benj. Farnum, 
aged 82; Mrs. Chandler Abbot; Nov. 25, Samuel Putnam; H. 
Virgin ; John Hiukson ; wife of Dr. Small. 

1851. 

]May, son of Jacob Abbot ; June, Porter Kimball ; July, Mrs. 
John Howe; Van Rensalier Abbot, at sea; Aug., Mrs. Ackley ; 
Mr. Kimball Martin; Oct, 22, ]\Irs. Ray; Sept., Mary Lane; 
Salome Howe. 

1852. 

Feb. 13, Mary E. Dearborn ; child of Mauley Farnum ; June 11, 
Jane Moody ; Aug. 24, Colman Godwin ; Mr. Abel AVheeler ; Mrs. 
Richard Dolloff, aged 87. 

The following deaths are recorded in the handwriting of Rev. 
John Elliot : 

Feb. 1850, David Holt, aged 8(> ; March following Mrs. David 
Holt, aged 88; Feb., Elizabeth Wood; April 27, Marcia Smith, 
aged 87; May IG, Mr. Poland; IVIarch 20, 1801, Dolly Morse, 
aged 86 ; April 5, Dolly Farnum ; April 8, David Abbot; Apr. 11, 
Mrs. Susannah Ho}^, aged 8G ; June 15, Daniel Martin, aged 89 
years, 11 months, one of the first settlers; Jane Martin, aged 16J 
years; July f>, Mary A. Colby; March 3, 1862, Betsey, wife of 
Deacon Jacob Elliot, aged 68 : Dec. 10, the embalmed remains of 
Nahum Perkins JNIoody who died in the army, were brought to 
Rumford for interment. He died in East Baltimore Nov. 28. He 
was the only son of Hezikiah Moody of Bethel; Dec. 15, Deacon 
Daniel Hall at East Rumford: Dec. 20. at East Rumford, Mrs. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 201 

Sarah Farnum, aged 93 ; she was one of the five original members 
of the Congregational church ; May 26, 1863, Dolly Frost ; Aug. 6, 
of diphtheria, Sarah Augusta Elliot ; June 27, 1864, Lieut. Joseph 
E. Colby, died at City Point, Va., and his remains were brought to 
Rumford for interment ; July 29, Judith Colby, aged 72 ; Sept. 21, 
of diphtheria, Sarah C. Bartlett, aged 19; Jan, 19, 1865, widow 
Hannah Carter, a member of the church for more than fifty years ; 
July 28, Lyman Martin; Feb. 9, Sally Morse, in consequence of 
her clothes taking fire, aged 84 ; Jan. 7, 1866, Aaron Graham ^ 
May 28, 1867, Mary Trumbull ; July 21, Sally Hall ; Oct. 3, David 
Elliot; Jan. 13, 1869, Dea. Jacob Elliot, aged 84 years; August 
27, Polly Elliot ; Oct. 6, Gratia, Widow of Cotton Elliot, aged 85 
years ; Oct. 24, Mrs. Enoch Knapp ; Feb. 23, 1870, Miss Mary H. 
Rawson; Oct. 20, Hazen F. Abbot; Nov. 9, Mary Howard; April 
8, 1871 ; Peter C. Virgin, Esq., the first lawyer in Rumford, aged 
88 years; Sept. 6, Timothy Holt ; April 8, 1872, Mary Ann, wife 
of Henry Abbot; Oct. 2, David Colby, aged 83 ; Nov. 15, Deacon 
Henry Martin, aged 74 ; May 12, 1873, William Moody, aged 74 ; 
Oct 13, Phebe Jackson; Nov. 29, Keziah Goddard in 81st year; 
May 13, 1875, Mrs. Euthalia W. Goddard, aged 31 ; Sept. 9, Aaron 
Graham, aged 87^ years ; Feb. 19, 1876, Miss Virtue Howard, 
daughter of Asa Howard, and a well known teacher of youth ; she 
taught seventy-five different terms of school ; March 3, R. L. B. 
Elliot, youngest son of the pastor ; Dec. 29, Isaac Walker Cleasby, 
aged 89 years ; July 7, 1878, Mrs. Sarah S. Howe died ; her death 
was caused by the upsetting of her carriage while on her way to 
church; Oct. 11, Mr. Bradbury Richardson of Milton Plantation, 
aged 83; Jan. 21, 1879, Mrs. Sally B. Peabody, aged 66; Aug. 
29, Mrs. Julia Smith ; March 15, Rev. John Elliot, acting pastor 
of the church, aged 78 years, 5 months and 10 days; a faithful 
minister of the Gospel of Christ ; Feb. 8, 1880, Nancy, widow of 
Timothy Holt, aged 71. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



Enumeration of 1850. 



|HE first census of the United States was taken in 1790. Since 
^ that time they have been taken for each decade, but the 
enumeration for 1850 was the first in which a copy of the lists of the 
names was deposited in the archives of the State. The following 
enumeration is copied from the volume in the Maine State Library, 
and is doubtless approximately correct. Some of the earl}' settlers 
then lingered on the shores of time and their names and ages are 
herein given, but most of them had passed to their eternal rest. 
The reader of the preceding pages has not failed to notice that 
several of the names quite common in town in its early years, had 
become extinct in 1850, while additional names are by no means 
numerous. The Abbots, Farnums, Martins and Virgins held their 
own quite well when this enumeration was made, but many other 
families still represented, had greatly fallen off in numbers : 



Abbott, Stephen 48 

Lucy 54 

Charles H., carpenter 24 

Maria H 21 

Mansur, John, Mass 38 

Susan M 37 

Abbott, Enos 56 

Polly 44 

Hezekiah II 25 

Abbott. ITiraii), N. H 44 

Marv, Maine 45 

Hannah IL, Mass 16 

Hiram F.. Mass 15 

AVilliam W., Mass 13 

Lucy A., Mass 11 

Edwin F., Maine 6 

Abbott, David, 2d 51 

Anna H 50 

Galen, blacksmith 25 

Calvin M 23 

Alanson M — 21 

David G IS 

Granville 16 



Abbott, Spencer 11 

DeWitt C 7 

Abbott, John, X. H 70 

Andrew B 38 

Peniel H 24 

David S 5 

Hannah S 3 

Lucv B 1 

Nancy W.,N. H 46 

Andrews, Joseph 1! 37 

Marv S 27 

David E 9 

Joseph II 8 

Charles A 5 

George A 2 

Abbott. David, N. II 52 

A/.ubah, Mass 45 

AN'illiam IL, Teamster ... 28 

Charles B., IVamster 23 

Andrews, Jeremiah. \. II 64 

Ann, Mass 62 

AVilliaui. Carpenter 29 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 



203 



Andrews, Julia A 22 

Aokley, William 58 

Deborah 56 

Hosea 20 

Ezra 18 

Esther 14 

Abbott, Gideon C, Maine 40 

Civilia 37 

Charles L 16 

Josiah K 14 

Emily S 11 

Elias B 9 

Civilia 6 

Olive A 3 

Rossila 1 

Keyes, Josiah, House Carpenter 50 

Abbott, Samuel V 34 

Mary W 29 

Walter S 5 

Margaret T 3 

Ackley, George H 21 

Almira 21 

Eugene 1 

Ackley, Samuel Jr 55 

Eliza 52 

Daniel 20 

Elizabeth 19 

Caleb 17 

Harriet 6 

Ackley, Samuel, Mass 88 

Adams, Warren M 31 

Adriann 24 

Charles H 1 

Abbott, David W 40 

Experience, Mass 79 

Betsey Baxter 55 

Parris A 27 

Abbott, Chandler 42 

Charity 38 

Shalva F 16 

Cynthia J 14 

Chelsea C 12 

Charles L 10 

Allen, Benjamin 45 

Sally 37 

LucyS 8 

Sarah L 2 

Thomas, Sally, Mass 69 

Abbott, Henry, N. H 76 

Susan 86 

Asa 33 



Adams, Adam W, Innholder ... 32 

Ann M 27 

Alvan E 3 

Lewis E 1 

Abbott, Daniel G 34 

Cynthia W 28 

Sarah V 3 

Louisa E 2 

Brackett, Mary E 7 

Abbott, Nathan 42 

Betsey 44 

Phineas W 24 

Milton 14 

Abbott, Henry Jr 26 

Eosilla W 23 

HoraE 1 

Abbott, Stephen H 39 

Sarah J 34 

Francis M 14 

Adeline L 12 

Augustus W 6 

Ellen E 9-12 

Abbott, Benjamin E 36 

Mahala F 31 

Julia E 7 

Loretta L 5 

Delia H 1 

Abbott, Jacob 46 

Prudence 44 

George 23 

Seth 21 

Alvan 19 

Zilpha 18 

Susan 6 

Henry 5 

Arnold, Samuel M 39 

Mary W 37 

SherebiahM 13 

Samuel B 11 

Mary E 9 

Eunice E 7 

Charlott C 5 

Joseph A 3 

Martha M 2 

Arnold, Sherebiah, Mass 72 

Hannah, Mass 68 

Abbott, Hazen F., N. H 49 

Hannah 48 

Hannah G 18 

Lucetta A 15 

Hazen M 13 



204 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 



Brister, Enoeli, Mass 80 

Sarah 60 

Thurin V 11 

Taylor, Obed 35 

Jerusha 35 

Augustus D 7 

Bolster, Otis C, Merchant 48 

Maria C. L 36 

Melinda E 12 

Freelaud K 9 

William EI 6 

Dolly M 4 

Barden, Beiij., Innholder, Mass., 41 

Christiana, Mass 40 

E/ra P., Clerk, Mass 16 

Joseph F 10 

Bullock, Jas., Physician, Mass., 59 

Mary A., Mass 47 

Fuller, Mary A 13 

Bryant, Jairus S 26 

Lucina 24 

Addison W 9-12 

Barker, Samuel, Mass 67 

Rachel, Vt .56 

Samuel 27 

Betsey 30 

Ilazen 22 

Lucretia 29 

Juliette 11 

Keyes. Cincinatus 11 

George D 1 

Bartlett, Jonathan A 32 

Harriet A 32 

Rosabella H 8 

Clarissa L. S 6 

Flora S 4 

Bernaretta H 2 

Bartlett, Joseph W 30 

Sarah J 56 

Sarah J 18 

Beard, Amasa, \'t 29 

Charlotte 22 

Child 1 

Bisbee, Thomas J 38 

Sylvia 35 

Mary A 7 

Bolster, Alvan 55 

Cviitliia. X. II 48 

M'arlba V 21 

May J 10 

Cynthia .M 16 



Bolster, Sarah W. V 13 

Alvan A 8 

Hinkson, Olive, Mass 83 

Lovejoy, Charles .... 15 

Blanchard. David, N. 11 42 

Mohitable 41 

William M 20 

Maria I J 19 

Lucicn M 18 

Martha A 16 

Orlando W 14 

Mary E 12 

Bolster, William W 27 

Martha II 25 

Clara M 7-12 

Baker, Otis 42 

Melinda 48 

Adeline 17 

Nathans 15 

Wilber J 12 

Colby, Timothy D, N. H 27 

Hannah W 26 

Louisa A 7-12 

Colby, Joseph E., X. II 30 

Mary J. F., X. H 30 

Henry M 11 

Timothy E 7 

Sarah M 4 

Cushman, Isaac D., Merchant.. 24 
Eliza H 19 

Cushman, Lydia 47 

Georgiana F 14 

Frances E. K 13 

Clements, Lawson, Tailor, Vt., 26 
Abigail 29 

Carter. Ephraim, X. II 68 

Hannah, X. II 63 

Amos, Millwright 32 

Charles II 24 

Cole, Albion, Miller 29 

Susan B 20 

Carter, James M 35 

Martha A 32 

Mary A 4 

Ania.sa F 2 

Curtis, Bailey 78 

Abigail P 76 

Bailey Jr 42 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 



205 



Carey, Thoraas, Scotland 38 

Elizabeth 10 

Juliette 7 

Clement. John, N. H 37 

Susan 34 

Eoyal 12 

Curtis, Barzillai 40 

Olive 37 

Eliza E 11 

]SIary 9 

Susan 7 

Abby 3 

Caldwell, William H 36 

Elizabeth 35 

Thomas A 3 

William H 1 

Coburn, Solomon 38 

Sally 42 

Eeuben 12 

Phebe 10 

David 5 

Wilham 3 

Doloff. John 58 

Eunice 52 

Roxanna 30 

Laura M 26 

Eunice L 15 

Viola E 10 

David 18 

Tamson, Mass 85 

Dwinel, Amos 48 

Sarah S 45 

Warren S 17 

AmosH 13 

Lester 10 

Ellen 6 

Dolly, George 30 

Lucinda 30 

George H 6 

Lucinda M 3 

Abiah M 1 

Cole, Joseph 17 

Delano. Abiel 60 

Sarah, Mass 59 

Francis S 19 

Doloflf, James M., Innholder... 32 

Sarah L 29 

Oscar F 9 

Cuvier 7 

Eonello C 5 

Lucetta 3 

Trumbull, Joseph, N. H 69 



Judkins, Nancy A 15 

Doloff, Alphonso 12 

Dearborn, Samuel, N. H 70 

Mary 68 

Mary L • • 45 

Dearborn. John C, X. H 33 

Mary E., N. H 28 

Elkins. Ira, N. II 40 

Betsey R., N. II 42 

Francis 17 

Benjamin 16 

Harriet 15 

Louisa 9 

Betsey J 7 

Ann il 5 

Richardson, Benjamin, N. H. . . 91 

Etheridge, Martin R., X. IL, 

Boot Maker 37 

Mary J 34 

Xancy J 13 

Martin V.B 8 

Harriet, Mass 7 

Francis X 4 

Aaron H 1 1-12 

Elliot, Cotton Jr 29 

Lavina 23 

Elliot, Aaron M 48 

Susan 44 

I'enjaniin R 17 

Farnham A 13 

Clifford M 7 

Estlier A 1 

Eastman, Harmon 38 

Mary, X. H 24 

Ophelia A 8 

ArbaL 6 

Charles A 4 

Ella A 2 

Elliott. James W 35 

Ruth 34 

Lydia A 5 

David W 3 

Eastman, William 44 

Olive 46 

Geoi-ge 17 

Hiram C 14 

Delona 10 

Melissa 7 

William D 5 

Clara A 3 

Eastman, Caleb 42 



206 



HLSTOIiY OF liUMFOIiD. 



Eastman, Polly 38 

Maria K'. 17 

Sarah A IG 

Granville 14 

Holland 12 

Jane 10 

Amanda 6 

Alniena 3 

8-12 

Eatoji, Osgood 45 

Betsey 34 

Abigail G 16 

Laura F 13 

Henry 6 

Cyrus Q 5 

Bent, John 12 

Eaton, Mehitable 52 

Bethia, N. H 75 

Elliott, Cyrus 40 

Betsey R 37 

Caroline V 12 

Elliot, Cotton, N. H 72 

Gracia, Mass G6 

Elliot. Thomas C 42 

rhilena, N. H 43 

Sophia 17 

I^eouard D 14 

Edward 12 

Franklin 7 

Aaron 3 

Elliott, Jacob, N. H G6 

Betsey, N. H 56 

Josiah i;., N. H 24 

JohnE.. X. H 22 

Matthew G., N. H 17 

Elliot, William, X. H 33 

Charlotte H 15 

Elliott, David 53 

Polly, X. H 50 

Benjamin W IG 

Juliette 7 

Elliott, Xathan W 31 

Lvdia M 27 

Hannah M 4-12 

Elliot. Joseph, Millman. X. H.. 33 

Phebe H 32 

Timothy \V 7 

Charles E 2 

Benjamin, N. H Gl 

Alfred, X. H IG 

Ford, Benjamin F., 32 



Lord, Mary P 32 

Seth 3 

Farnuni, Bouben, X. If 49 

Susan, X. H 75 

Charles 20 

Farnum. Anson W 43 

Susan, Mass 40 

Martha C 18 

Daniel G 16 

Nathan W 14 

Angeline 11 

Margaret M 5 

Anson E 9-12 

Farnum, Simon K 37 

Mary J 28 

Charles W 8 

Mary J 6 

Sarah M 5 

Luella 3 

0-12 

Farnum, Merrill 55 

Louisa 46 

Sarah L 17 

Freelinghuysen 10 

Farnum, Benjamin, N. H 82 

Sally, N.H 80 

Farnum, Manly 25 

Elizal)i;th. X. H 22 

Alma L., Mass 3 

Mary, Mass 1 

Farnum, William W 45 

Betsey, G., X. H 39 

David W 17 

Dorcas A 8 

William G 4 

James E 1 

Moody, I>evi 24 

Farnum, John C 30 

Mary B 20 

Walter H 1 

Nutting, Gustavus 14 

Farnum, Jen'iniab, X. H 65 

Sallv, X. H 62 

Kmilv II 33 

Walter II 28 

Farnum, James H 43 

( larissa 43 

Juliett H 18 

Charles W 16 

Martha H 13 

Maria G 10 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 



207 



Farmim, Dana F 8 

Abby L 4 

Carey, Johu B 11 

Farnum, Stephen, House Car- 
penter 41 

Sarah 43 

William V. F 19 

Nancy L. V 17 

Francis J 13 

Solon S 11 

Flint, John 57 

Joanna 55 

John M 20 

Jonathan IS 

Farnum, Daniel 50 

Mary W.,N. H 40 

Lucy A 16 

William H 14 

Edward H 12 

RufusV 8 

Victoria S 4 

Betsey, Mass 84 

Fuller, Mary, N. H 77 

Frost, William, Shoemaker 51 

Dorotha 54 

Moses S 17 

Daniel G 13 

Clark B 11 

Farnum, George J., House Car- 
penter 37 

Hannah F 27 

Mary J 16 

George L 6 

Nancy J 4 

Farnum, Rodney M., N. H 38 

Elizabeth E., N. H 37 

Jane E., N. H 14 

Mary S 4 

JohnE 2 

Glines, David B.. N. H 46 

Catherine B 41 

Augusta M 17 

Harriet E 16 

Catherine G 14 

David G 11 

Goddard, Elisha, Mass 67 

Catherine, Mass 67 

Mary A 36 

Elisha F 13 

Mary K 11 

EbenT 9 

Goddard, Ephraim F., Mass 34 



Goddard, Mary S 36 

George T 5 

Catherine B 2 

Graham, George W 36 

Irene 34 

Martha A 13 

Frances E 12 

Lorette S 5 

Aaron F 3 

Graham, Aaron, N. H 63 

Geneva 60 

Lucina A 18 

Graham, John C 26 

Susan M 21 

Charles H 8-12 

Goud, Robert 41 

Eliza, N.H 42 

Cyrus K 19 

PhebeE 13 

Robert F H 

James C 7 

Charles A 4 

Glover, Livingston 33 

Abagail 32 

OreannL 9 

Ann A 8 

Susannah 6 

Salome T 4 

Lucius A 1 

Graham, Joshua, Merchant 46 

Sarah 33 

Nancy B 18 

Philadelphia 16 

Caroline C 13 

Albert L 13 

Ruth 10 

Lowell M 4 

Zachary T 3 

Glines, Chandler, N.H 72 

Betsey, N. H 72 

Albert G., N. H 47 

Mary S. W 29 

Godwin, Colraan, N. H 68 

Keziah, N. H 58 

Julia O 29 

Alvan B 25 

Cynthia 22 

Mary W^ 13 

Bean, Erastus P I8 

Godwin, John 54 

Clarissa 55 

Ajalon 26 



208 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 



Peavy, Miutluv, Mass 87 

Howe, Calvin 48 

Thirsa 44 

Frances A 21 

Mark T 19 

Lueretia T 17 

Julia H 15 

Clara E 13 

Emma 12 

Mary J 10 

Alden C 9 

Xancj' 7 

Alethea G 

Catherine S '• i) 

Susan K 2 

Rosilla 1 

Howe, Otis Jr 31 

Sarah S 24 

Martha A 3 

Diana M 1 

Howe, Otis, Mass 56 

Betsey B., X. II 47 

Anios A., House Carpenter 29 

Salome A 2G 

Xancv K 24 

Julia' A 22 

Sarah E 17 

John H 20 

Charles F 15 

Edward K 12 

Mary E 4 

Hall, Kimball, N. H 4G 

Delia G 42 

JohnK 17 

Phebol. 14 

Al)igailD 12 

XauivM 7 

Marv" L 3 

Betsey C 1 

Hopkins, Eiiphalet S., Con. Cler- 
gyman 38 

Mary A., Mass 38 

.losoph 1 

Chiuies T 6 

Frederick W 4 

Mary E 2 

TTodgdon, Daniel 48 

.Mniv H 37 

Aiin\M 12 

Samuel l\ 1) 

Howard. Thomas .1 }S 

Olive ^ 40 

Humphrey B 23 

Klias....: 17 



Howard, Huldah B 15 

Orinthia ... 13 

Thomas J. Jr 12 

Charles K 10 

JohnK 8 

liodney F G 

SylvaiiusP 4 

Olive 6-12 

Hemminway, Francis, Cooper, 

Muss 73 

IJebecca, X. H 72 

Howard, Asa S 43 

Betsey S 34 

Ilenrv F 13 

Marj'VV 11 

Asa !) 

Charles W 7 

AbbyM 1 

Virtue 38 

Hinkson, Aldaua 30 

Gracia A 30 

Loring K 4 

Elizabeth M 3 

Charles F 1 

Hall, Daniel, X. IJ 58 

Sally, iMass 59 

Henry S 17 

Hoyt, Jesse, X . H 55 

Abigail, '' 55 

Svlvanus. X. H 28 

Andrew J., " 26 

Abigail, " 24 

Xial, " 20 

Patrick, •' 22 

MarvE 17 

Loretta A 14 

Lucebia 11 

Hall, Jeremiah, X. H 68 

Betsey 58 

Jeremiah 21 

Howe, George W 38 

Deborah, X. H 76 

Hall, Joseph, X. 11 68 

Judith, •' 66 

Hall, Joshua T 44 

Charlotte M 36 

Eugene M 10 

Hinkson, John 47 

Sarah 45 

Chestina W 10 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. 



209 



Hardy. Zebediah, N. H 60 

Sarah, N. H 5G 

Asa '6'6 

Charles H 20 

Martha J 17 

Ackley, Charles 3 

Holt, Alonzo, X. H 41 

Abigail ... 39 

John Xi S 

Emily P 6 

James .... .5 

10-12 

Holt, Timothy, N. H 48 

Xancy, N. H 4.t 

Roberts., X. H 22 

Chauncey 20 

David 17 

Hannah X 13 

Chloe 10 

George L (5 

John W 4 

7-12 

David. X. fl 76 

Chloe, X. H 79 

Howe, John, ]Mass 58 

Xanoy 41) 

Eutus 21 

Horace 10 

John 16 

Luoinda 13 

Xancy E 5 

Hutchins, Joseph 42 

Marv 36 

Joel 18 

Xaucv 16 

Asa ". 11 

Hutchins, Benjamin F 32 

Deborah 32 

Eliphalet H 9 

Hezekiali E 4 

7-12 

Mulligan, Marj' A., X. Y 11 

Hutchins, Hezekiah, X. H 79 

Hutchins, Frj'e H.. Innholder.. 40 

Abigail, X.H 34 

Alice J 13 

Geoi'ge H 8 

David, X. H 81 

Betsey, X. H 68 

Abbott, Moses B 48 

Hutchins, Elijah B 23 

Jones, John, Meth. Clergyman. 31 

Mary 29 

Susan M 6 

George D 3 

14 



Jackson, Benjamin, Tailor 36 

Sarah, X.H 34 

Dolly M 14 

Xapoleon B 13 

EzekielE., X. H 12 

Silvester S 9 

I'eiijaiuin Jr 6 

1 

Kimball, Kobert. Mass T>'^ 

Viitue 47 

Lucinda B 20 

.Adam W 17 

Dana L 7 

Richardson, Columbus 14 

Kimball, David .59 

Lucy, Mass .57 

Amanda, C 30 

Columbia 25 

Juliette \V 24 

William W 22 

David W 20 

Virgil 18 

Lucv A 16 

Elizabeth W 14 

Kimball. Porter, Blacksmith, 

Mass 56 

Xancy 50 

Charles 11. , Teacher 21 

Small. Henry K 2 

Kimball, Moses F 60 

Mary 58 

Arabella C 20 

Kimball, Asa 26 

Geneva G 28 

Frederick C 3 

Knight, Winslow IS 

Kimball, Charles A 33 

Elizabeth 34 

Charles W ]i 

Adelaide ... S 

Caroline W 4 

Ackley, Cynthia 14 

Kyle, William, Vt 67 

Susan 60 

Kuapp, David 40 

(!larissa 37 

David S 11 

Mary A. G 9 

James H.F 7 

Laura F 4 

Knapp, Enoch 39 

Eliza 34 

Helen E 13 

Caroline M 11 



210 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 



Knaj)p, Charles A S 

Orissa P 2 

Kidder, Burt, Mass 28 

Harriet C, Mass 25 

Kenniston, James 46 

Fanny 45 

Lois 21 

Diantha 18 

Lovina 12 

Norris 10 

Arvilla 6 

Lovejoy. Abial, Mass 66 

I.norctia, Mass 57 

MarthaT 25 

Cecelia P 22 

Henry A 19 

Lufkin, Alfred 32 

Dorcas 30 

Charles A E 6 

Flora P. 1 4 

George E. A 2 

Lufkin, Pamela 60 

Addison 22 

Nathaniel 20 

Horatio 17 

Lufkin, Eliphalet E., N. H 37 

Mary P 30 

Laura A 7 

Emery E 6 

Henry II 5 

Mary A 3 

EHsha R 1 

Lufkin, Jacob GO 

Eleanor, N. H 56 

Samuel 13 

Kidder, Jeremiah, Mass 34 

Lufkin, Joseph, N. H 64 

Loruhama 58 

Merrit \ 22 

Mary A 19 

Lufkin, Oren IT 27 

Fidelia 26 

Lovejoy. Jacob 12 

Lufkin, Nathan S 26 

Elizabeth A 24 

Clara E 4 

Horace P 1 

Lang. William. N. H 59 

William P., N. H 30 

Meliuda IL, N.H 18 

Mercy C, N.H 16 



Dearborn, Comfort, N. II 81 

Lovejoy, Christopher 38 

Betsey 38 

Lucestia 10 

AlvanB 8 

Lyman 6 

Harriet 4 

1 

Mehitable, Mass 65 

Martin, Henry 51 

Sarah. N. H 50 

JohnH 24 

Sarah A 21 

Lvdia A 19 

Lyman P 17 

Jeremiah W 12 

EichardE 10 

Maria C. L 4 

Morse, Elijah 45 

Lovina S 39 

William G 20 

Stedman D 17 

Sarah F 13 

EliasA 3 

McCrillis, James, N. H 56 

Sally, N.H 50 

George 22 

Noah 17 

Lydia 15 

Ascenath 14 

Phebe K 12 

Arvilla 10 

Lyman P 3 

Martin, Jeremiah 50 

Nancy. N. H 49 

Jonathan K 21 

Francos E 19 

Naiicv 17 

Willard. Julia 10 

Martin, William G 36 

Louisa L 37 

Clinton W 8-12 

Martin, David G 33 

Sarah G 34 

Daniel, N. II 77 

Morton, Alfred, Harness Maker 24 

Marv A 20 

Mary A 1 

Martin. Daniel, Jr 42 

Isabella C 37 

Betsev G 16 

Marv' A 13 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 



211 



Martin, Julia A 10 

Edwin G 7 

James M 5 

WinfieldS 3 

Mansur. Warren, Shoemaker, 

Mass 46 

Elvira, X. 11 38 

Thomas H 12 

George E 8 

Mary J 6 

Susan F 4 

John W 1 

Morse, William, Blacksmith, 

jMass 75 

Sally, Mass 69 

Moody, William 51 

Laura 45 

Jane T 23 

Mary 21 

Eliza ... 10 

Samuel L 2 

Morse, William M 33 

Betsey M 26 

James S 6-12 

Morse, Dolly, X. H 76 

Clarissa 39 

Moor, Wade 62 

Betsey 53 

Caroline IS 

Sarah B 16 

William 12 

Henry 7 

Sarah 5 

Martin, John 45 

Arvilla 42 

Henry 14 

Franklin 12 

Abigail 11 

Charles K 9 

Mary E 7 

John W 4 

Betsey C 1 

Kimball, Mass 75 

Eebeeca G 42 

Hannah 30 

Esther K 20 

Monroe, Charles W 33 

Abigail 24 

Charles 8-12 

Lufkin. Horatio 17 

Newton. Sylvester 47 

Susan, X. H 47 



Newton, Stephen H 23 

Laura F is 

Benjamin F 19 

Clarinda 16 

Maria 9 

Charles 7 

Emma A 4 

Newton, Cyrus P 23 

Martin, Kimball, Blacksmith... 38 

LydiaH 32 

Kkchel J 13 

Charles V n 

Asa A 7 

Putnam, Samuel, N. H 82 

Betsey, Mass 66 

Ivy A 29 

Martha C 27 

Mary 25 

John F 17 

Francis M 7 

Poland, John 4(3 

Elizabeth 32 

Hezekiah B 20 

Aurelia T 18 

Martha B iq 

Eosalie E 10 

Ann M s 

Amanda T 6 

William S 4 

Alice J 2 

child 3.12 

Peabody, Loammi, Blacksmith, 

N.H 40 

Sally H 33 

Franklin D le 

Philena C 13 

George l\ 4 

Parker, Josiah, Mass 58 

Keziah B 43 

Eliza W 19 

Chailes D 13 

Irvin B 10 

Juliette F 5 

Putnam, Benjamin E 48 

Deborah 44 

Mahala M 21 

James 17 

Benjamin P 14 

Putnam, Stephen, N. H 85 

Sally, N. H 73 

Daniel F 37 

Elizabeth 13 



21-2 



HT STORY OF liUMFORD. 



Putnam, Jacob 5() 

Betsey 06 

Dana B., Teacher 24 

Dnisilla V 21 

William F., Cabinet Maker 18 

FraiR'is 1* 14 

Elliott. In)o<^»'ne M 7 

Putnam, Sarah E 26 

Putnam, Jesse, N. II 53 

Polly 52 

Edwin A 20 

Solon T 15 

Jeremiah 48 

Philbrick, Stephen 4G 

Ann W 45 

Mai-y A 20 

Stephen W 18 

Harriet 15 

Rothelsa 9 

Perry, Enoch, Mass G3 

Reliance 50 

Silvanus P 21 

Caroline C 19 

Christoi)her C 15 

Lewis M 6 

Perry, George W 28 

Susan V 22 

Russell, Theodore 35 

Lucy (t 36 

Amanda A 12 

Melissa G 8 

Alonzo P 6 

Alphonso F 3 

3-12 

Dore, Charles 15 

Russell, Tabitha 67 

Richardson, Asa 32 

Sarali 26 

Mary A. G 3 

3-12 

Ripley, Joseph 57 

Betsey, Mass 54 

Arvilia 23 

John H 19 

r.ctscy M 17 

Joseph L 15 

Mills, Solon H 7 

Rawson, Lyman, Lawyer 50 

Jerusha 46 

Ellen J 15 

Louisa 14 

Kalph L 12 



Rawson, Mary II 10 

Florence 6 

2 

Lane, ( harles 16 

Adams, Susan 58 

Roberts, Thomas, Physician... 44 

Harriet M ." 42 

Ann S 14 

Lawson G 11 

Sidney 1 8 

Kuthalius C 6 

Euthalia W 6 

Richards, Thomas, N. H 46 

Pamela 54 

Ricker, Hiram 39 

Jen iiette W 29 

Edward P 3 

Richardson, Jeremiah 44 

Harriet, X. II 44 

Amanda J 19 

Mahala K 18 

Bartlett E 16 

German 14 

SoDhia S 12 

Rosina H 8 

Brittania 5 

Scott VV 2 

Ann A 1 

Rolfe, John E 45 

Joanna S 32 

Uniiii'tra 10 

IIcuryA.J 8 

Susan ;M. V 4 

Rolfe, llcnry C 51 

Donas 46 

< "harles H 20 

Arvilia W 9 

Wheeler. Abel. X. H 76 

Betsey 75 

Richardson, John, X. H 63 

Mehitabl.', X. H 57 

Haiiiet E 33 

Samuel 31 

Roberts, Joseph II 28 

Harriet 30 

Marv E 4 

Geor'j'e W 1 

Kay, Geor«:re A., Mass .30 

Lucy C 27 

Edwin F 4 

ihuii.'t (• 4-12 

Pay, Elijah, Mass 05 

Elizabeth, Mass 63 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOBD. 



213 



Eay, Sarah M 21 

Herman A 19 

Alonzo B 14 

Eichmond, Eliab 64 

Sally 61 

Benjamin F 30 

William C 22 

Aurelia M 16 

Richardson, Joseph 43 

Eda 32 

Mary J 8 

Betsey A 5 

Sarah F 3 

3-12 

Hinkson, Esther 22 

Eicker, Thomas N., Blacksmith 36 

Mary E 34 

Eosina E 10 

Mary A 8 

Charles H 5 

Delphina 3 

Hoit, Patrick 22 

Eichardson, Hazen, N. H 47 

Mary, X. H 49 

Charles, N. H 18 

Sarah J., N. H 17 

Sophronia, N. H 15 

Prudence 11 

Emily F 8 

Albert 6 

Eolfe, John, N. H 65 

Betsey, Mass 62 

Benjamin M 32 

Henry L 28 

Clara' 20 

Oscar D 17 

Simpson, Paul R., N. H 59 

Hannah 53 

Willard E 25 

Paul B., Carpenter 23 

John D., Carpenter 22 

Hannah M 19 

Segar, John E 47 

Lydia 46 

Ambrose C 16 

Jonathan M 13 

Jarvis M 8 

Stevens, Edward 40 

Sybil 40 

Edwin 12 

Henry 10 

Aaron 8 

Frederick 6 

George 3 



Silver, Daniel 42 

Sarah 39 

David H 17 

George M 14 

SavinaM 11 

Sarah J 8 

Pascal F 6 

Andrew W 1 

Small, Sumner 32 

Eliza 33 

Fanny 7 

Albert 6 

Coral 3 

Abby 1 

Small. Cyrus 34 

Polly 37 

James P 8 

Charles V 6 

Lucien 2 

Lucy A 3 

Smith, Africa, Blacksmith 40 

Mary, Mass 40 

Erskine C, Blacksmith.. 15 

Uriah H 13 

Lyman G 11 

Sidney 8 

Sewall 7 

Mary A 3 

Child 1 

Stevens, Euth 60 

William T 18 

Samuel B., Teamster 21 

Silver, James 41 

Sarah 37 

Cordelia 18 

George 16 

Adeline 13 

Frances 11 

Annette 8 

Clara 6 

Emma 8-12 

Small, Joseph P., Shoemaker.. 45 

Pamela 34 

Sarah M 16 

Pamela 11 

Oreann 9 

Morris M 7 

Stevens, Nancy 43 

Viola 19 

Mercy 16 

Susan 9 

Swain, John, House Carpenter. 29 
Sally W 21 



214 



HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 



Swain, Joliu, Mass 56 

Rebecca 51 

Levi 24 

Roxanna 20 

Edwin 15 

Philona 14 

liOring 12 

Mary, Mass 85 

Swain, Hiram 27 

Elizabeth 22 

Lucina R 1 

Silver, Ile/ediah, N. H 51 

Lucy G., N. H 43 

Jeannette B 21 

Orren B 18 

Mary A. B 16 

Hannah B 12 

Jonathan B 9 

George W. T 6 

Silver, Charles H 25 

Harriet M 23 

Silver, Sally, Mass 54 

Solomon 24 

Martha J 18 

Charles H 16 

Green, Ansel W 14 

Margaret 11 

Stevens. Mary S., Mass 40 

Betsey K 22 

Mary J 16 

Martha J... 14 

Frances R 13 

Segar, Allen 57 

Achsa, Vt 50 

Mary E 15 

Milton H 12 

Dana B 8 

Trumbull, Mary G 47 

Martin, William 9 

Tyler, William 32 

Sally 36 

Madison M 2 

Martin, Kimball 6 

Solomon 5 

Taylor, William, X. H 26 

Mehitablo 1* 21 

Ahiicda 'J' 3 

Miranda I 8-12 

Thompson, John, Mass 75 

Elizabeth 44 

Robert R., Civil Engineer 27 
Belinda D 24 



Thompson, Margaret 21 

Thomas E 19 

Charles 15 

Thompson, Peter A 47 

Wealthy 48 

Sarali 20 

John 17 

Emily 14 

Ezra 8 

Thomas, John 39 

Lydia 36 

John L 16 

Triphena 13 

Wilson 10 

Warren B 8 

Susan M 6 

Lewis A 4 

Lvdia S 2 

— 3-12 

Barrett, Reuben, X. H 73 

Sarah, N. H 69 

Virgin, Hazeu 38 

Phebe 49 

Abbott, Esther 48 

Trumbull, Joseph, N. H 69 

Virgin. Potor C, Lawver, X. H. 66 

Sailv '. 57 

Dorcas C 16 

Keyes, Ophelia 14 

Virgin, El)enezer, X. H 56 

Sarah 49 

Sarah 10 

Virgin, Benjamin 34 

Eunice 29 

Clara F 6 

Aaron 63 

Polly 57 

Elvira 36 

Virgin, Ebenezer 2d 34 

Ruth P., X. H 30 

Solon 7 

Marv K 5 

Sarah M 4 

Susan M 2 

JohnW 9-12 

Polly, X. H 69 

Richardson, Ransom 19 

Virgin, Osgood E 50 

Clarissa 48 

Ilazen G 17 

Virgin, Stanley M 25 

Louisa F 25 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOBD. 



215 



Virgin, Ruf us, N. H 58 

Susan 56 

Chapliu, Wheelwright... 30 

Abbott 28 

Susan M 21 

Albert 19 

Virofin, Peter 46 

Mary A 44 

George, Manufacturer... 24 

Edwin, Manufacturer 20 

Charles, Manufacturer. .. 16 
Paulina, M anuf acturer ... 12 

Augusta 10 

Lucy 8 

Fianklin 4 

Maria 2 

Virgin, Charles E., X. H 43 

Diantha 43 

Rebecca B 15 

William 16 

Nancy, N. H 70 

Virgin, William B 26 

Irene 26 

1 

Woods, Nathaniel 41 

Lois E 41 

Charles E 17 

Caroline A 14 

Leonard M 11 

Horace F 9 

Sarah A 3 

Wood, Samuel H 25 

Elizabeth, Mass 57 

JohnR 23 

Thomas A 15 

Wardwell, Jeremiah. Cabinet 

Maker 40 

Jeanette 38 

Mary J 19 

Martha A 12 

Emily 7 

Wardwell, Lydia, N. H 56 

Wra, H., Portrait Painter, 30 
Jarvis C, Carriage Trim- 
mer 20 

Spoflord H., Cabinet 
Maker 19 



Wardwell, Lydia J 16 

Elizabeths 14 

Walker, Timothy, N. H 37 

Luna 39 

Sarah 14 

Charles 12 

Hannah 10 

Cynthia 5 

Susan 1 

Winslow, Francis . 35 

Susan M 30 

Simon 3 

6-12 

Washburn, James, Mass 54 

Lavina 40 

Martha T 21 

Angela M 17 

James E 10 

Randall, Francis E 2 

Washburn, Tristram N 32 

Nancy S 35 

Martin B 8 

Hiram K 5 

Wheeler, Deborah D 38 

Ann V. A 15 

Charles F 7 

Wyman, Henrj^ H 36 

Mary 37 

Eliza J 14 

James H 12 

Benjamin B 10 

Dorrington 8 

Martha 6 

Nancy VY 4 

Samuel S 3 

Warren, Nathaniel S 50 

Parney 47 

William S 19 

Cliarles C 16 

Trueman S 13 

Sarah J 12 

Olive H 10 

I^ydia 8 

Jeanette 6 

Nathaniel 3 

Augustus 1 



CHAPTER XXXV. 

GLEANINGS. 

KHE early settlers were greatly anuoyed by bears carrying off 
their sheep aud lambs, and also by destroying the standing 
corn. When corn is in the milk, as it is called, and before it begins 
to harden, bears are verj^ fond of it, and in securing it. they will 
tread down and destroy much more than they can eat. They were 
hunted and destroyed in large numbers, but the supph' was alwaj's 
unfailing. Kufus Virgin, who lived near Rumford Falls, one day, 
when at work in his field, saw some animal walking in the road 
about fifty rods off, which he at first thought was a large dog. But 
when the animal left the road, climbed over the fence and started 
for the woods, he knew it was a bear. He went to the house, and 
his wife immediately started off for help to come and surround the 
piece of woods into which the bear had gone. A number of men 
soon arrived armed with clubs, pitch-forks or shot-guns, and accom- 
panitd by a number of dogs. They were stationed at different 
points around the woods, and in the road to prevent him from 
taking to the river. The word was given, and the dogs on being 
let loose, made their way as fast as possible into the woods. There 
was soon a medley of barks and growls, and then came a shout 
from the side of the woods next the river, followed by the report of 
fire-arms and the brandishing of clubs, and the bear hastily retreated 
into the woods from which he had been driven by the dogs, in doing 
which, he went so near Paul Simpson that he touched him with his 
hat. After being driven back and forth througli the woods for 
several times, the bear ran down to tlie foot of the hill where Rufus 
Virgin was stationed. \'irgiii liad a gnu called the Queen's Arms, 
charged with an ounce bullet, wliieli lie raised and fired, and the 
ball passed through tlie Iiear Just Iiack of his fore-shoulders, l)ut did 
not bring him down. The wounded lieast rushed between two trees 
leaving blood on each of them, and was soon over the fence into 
the road. Here the dogs attacked iiim, l»ut he made short work of 
them, and again took to the woods before lulp could arrive. The 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 217 

men followed a long distance by the blood-stains on the leaves and 
ground, but finally lost the track, and the dogs could not be induced 
to follow him. Night now came on, and it was agreed to postpone 
further pursuit until the next day. They followed up the trail on 
the next day, but without success. They all agreed that they had 
had an exciting time, but they would have been much better satis- 
fied could they have found the bear, which they had no doubt had 
died of its wounds. 

In the olden time, it was considered no disgrace to get the worse 
for liquor on training and muster days, and on such occasions, after 
having imbil)ed freely, men were often quarrelsome. On one occa- 
sion when Captain Richardson was drilling the old " Barefoot Com- 
pany," as it was called, a man named Lane, who was captain of a 
company of Light Infantry, tried several times to break through 
the ranks of Richardson's Company. Richardson bore it for some 
time, but as the other persisted, he lost his temper, and sheathing 
his sword, he drew off and knocked Lane down. There was great 
excitement between the two companies, and there was danger of 
more serious trouble, but Lane got up and walked off, and the ex- 
citement subsided. It showed some forbearance in Richardson, to 
sheathe the more deadly weapon, and make use of the one furnished 
by nature, but he was more familiar with the use of the latter, and 
probably thought he could sufficiently punish Lane without resort to 
the sword. 

At a military training in Rufus Virgin's field, a man named 
"Weaver became a little quarrelsome, and pulled a Mr. Abbot from 
his horse. Then they clinched, and had scuffled for some time 
without advantage to either, but finally Abbot got his opponent's 
hair around an apple tree, and pulled it with one hand while he 
punched him with the other. Captain Calvin Howe now interfered 
and parted them, and that was the end of the affair so far as they 
were concerned, but the apple tree was fatally injured, and did not 
leaf out the next year. 

Though the Indians had abandoned the Androscoggin valley when 
the early settlers came, they frequently revisited their old haunts, in 
small numbers, but only to remain for a short time, when they dis- 
appeared as suddenly as they came. One morning as Heni'y Abbot 
was going to the Falls, he heard an outcry and stepped to the bank 
of the river to ascertain the cause. There he saw an Indian and 



218 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

squaw iu a biroh canoe, near the head of the Falls, and the Indian 
was permitting the canoe to float down to the very verge of the fall, 
close to the Rolfe pitch. The squaw would cry piteously, and then, 
with a stroke or two of the paddle, he would throw the frail bark 
out of danger, but only to repeat the same thing over and over 
again, seeming to enjoy the fright of his mate in the highest degree. 
Abbot called to him to desist, and bringing his canoe along by the 
bank where Abbot stood, he laughingly said, "Me squaw fraid of 
deble, but me no fraid of deble." 

There was never a bridge across the river at the head of the 
falls, although one was long contemplated, llufus Virgin and 
Nathan Knapp, the two energetic young men spoken of by Rev. 
Daniel Gould in his " History of Rumford," at one time started a 
subscription to raise funds to put across a bridge just below the 
Rolfe pitch, still known as "the bridge place," and were quite suc- 
cessful. The abutments were built, the timber got out and partly 
framed, and a pier constructed some thirty feet from the shore. 
The floor timbers were also laid. About this time, one day. Virgin, 
who was at work, found he was going to fall from the abutment, 
and to save himself, he jumped, and striking upon a ledge he broke 
the bone of one of his heels, and was laid up a long time. Then 
Mr. Knapp went over the falls and was drowned, and the project 
of a bridge at this place was abandoned. The timber was used for 
other purposes, and a freshet carried away the pier. 

Speaking of the Indians, a citizen of Rumford remarks : "I 
well remember when four Indians on their way to the lakes, stopped 
at my father's over night. They were invited in to warm their feet, 
and then were taken to the barn for a lodging place. They went 
down into a bay to sleep, where the top of the hay was six feet 
below the floor ; after they had laid down, hay was pitched over 
them, and in the morning they were very thankful for their warm 
bed. An Indian on the Androscoggin at this point, is now a rare 
sight." 

Counterfeiting the coin of the country was quite common in some 
parts of Oxford county, three score years ago. On one occasion, 
Gen. Alvan Bolster, with three men from Hallowell, called on 
Rufus Virgin at the Falls, very earl}' iu the morning, and requested 
him to take a lunch, then hastily follow them up Swift river, until 
he should overtake them. He did as directed, and when he had 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 219 

•caught up with them, they told him they had arrested a man in 
Chesterville for passing counterfeit money, and that he had divulged 
the place on Swift river where it was made. The party then 
climbed a mountain, and hunted all day, but without success. 
They had made a mistake in the location, and on the following day, 
with more help, they found the place, but the counterfeiters had 
left it and had carried away most of their tools and appli- 
ances for making spurious coin ; enough was found, however, to 
prove what business had recently been carried on there. Shortly 
after, several men were arrested and brought before Esquire Bol- 
ster, who placed them under bonds to appear at court, but they did 
not appear, and the bondsmen came forward and settled their liabil- 
ities. It was thought that some who occupied high places in the 
community were concerned in the business, but there were no more 
prosecutions, and the matter soon ceased to be talked about. As a 
reminiscence of the occasion, it is related that there was much 
riding up Swift river on nights and Sundays about that time. 
Cattle and horses that were out to pasture required frequent salting, 
and old block tin and pewter were in great demand. 

The early settlers adopted various devices to out-wit the bears, 
which, in summer, came to prey upon their growing corn. One 
year, an old shy bruin would swim the river, above the Falls, and 
spend a part of the night in Rufus Virgin's corn field, doing great 
damage. Acting on the advice of Mr. Henry Abbot, an old hunter, 
Mr. Virgin set a loaded gun in such a manner that the liear, on 
entering the field, would run against a line connected with the trig- 
ger, and if everything should work as hoped, would receive the 
charge in his body. Everything being arranged, Mr. Virgin, his 
adviser and another neighbor or two, sat up and awaited the result. 
About eight o'clock, Mr. Abbot informed his associates that if the 
bear was coming in the fore part of the night, it would be about 
that time; otherwise, he would not come till toward morning. 
Hardly had he ceased speaking, when they heard the report of the 
gun, and all rushed out to see what had been the result, and this is 
what they ascertained : That the line had been wet by the dew, had 
shortened by shrinking, and had pulled off the gun. The next 
night they set the gim again, but the bear walked over the line, 
feasted on the coveted corn, and retired in safety. But the next 
night he went to another field where a gun had been set, and was 



220 IIJSrOBY OF liUMFORD. 

shot and killed. He was a huge animal, and had troubled the 
settlers many years. 

Sudden freshets on the Androscoggin, often convert the higher 
intervals into islands, a broad belt of water passing between them 
and the ui)land. On one occasion a man named Jeremiah Thomp- 
son was at work for a man above the Falls, when a freshet came, 
the water backing up into a creek so that Thompson could not get 
to his work. They had no boat, but they did have a large scalding 
tub, and in this Thompson proposed to make his way to his work. 
The tub was launched, and Thompson stepping in, proceeded to 
navigate it, but when half way across the tub tipped to one side, 
and in trying to right it, Thompson upset it, and was left flounder- 
ing in the turbid water. He struck out for the shore which he 
reached in safet}', but the tub went down stream and was lost. 

In the early times, it was the custom to celebrate the anniversary 
of American Independence by burning powder, and the firing usually 
commenced in the small hours of the morning. Chinese fire-crack- 
ers were then unknown, and the old Queen's arms were loaded all 
they would bear. On one occasion, a fatal result followed an over- 
charged gun. It was in the hands of Jonathan Keyes, son of 
Francis Keyes, and burst, killing him instantly. He was a prom- 
ising young man, and his death in this manner caused wide-spread 
sorrow. 

Rufus Virgin was a IMill-wright, and at one time he had a job to 
erect a mill in Peru, about two miles from his home by way of a 
mountain, and three to travel around it. He had a hired man who 
claimed that the longest way was the best, and repeated it so often 
and so persistently that they agreed to settle it by each taking his 
preferred way and see which would first reach the end of the trip. 
They started at the same time, and neither was to run, but were to 
proceed by tlieir ordinary walking gait. When Virgin reached the 
top of the mountain, he had a good view of the river road, and there 
he saw his man running at the top of his speed. Virgin at once put 
out and by running he reached the goal several minutes ahead, long 
enough to get well rested. After a while, the other came in pufliug 
and blowing, and surprised to see Virgin (piietly at work and show- 
ing no signs of extra effort. He accused him of running, but when 
the counter charge was made and he found he was caught, he sub- 



HIS TO BY OF BUMFOBD. 221 

sided, and after that found uo fault with the way across the moun- 
tain. 

Jeremiah Richardson was a famous hunter, and brought more 
bears to grief than any man in town. One day he went out to build 
some fence in the woods, when he was confronted by an old bear 
and her two cubs. The bear at once showed fight, and he struck at 
her with his axe. .She parried the blow, knocked the axe aside, 
and with iier huge paw tore out the entire front of his vest. He got 
in several blows and obliged her to retreat, when seizing one of the 
cubs, he tied it up in his frock and started for home, wiiich he 
reached without further molestation. 

Several drowning accidents have occurred at the Great Falls. 
On the fourth of October, 1833, Nathan Knapp invited a few friends 
to inspect a wall which he had completed to turn the water to his 
mill. While standing on the wall and explaining his work, the 
rock on which he was standing overturned and precipitated him 
into the canal. He was carried down by the swift current to 
the river, some seventy-five feet distant, and then over the entire 
fall. His body was recovered a month later, in Canton. He was 
an energetic and enterprising man, and his death was greatly 
deplored. He left a family, several of his children l.>eing quite 
young. June 1, 186'J, three river drivers were drowned at the foot 
of the great eddy. They went upon a large rock to break a jam 
that had formed there, and on returning they lost control of their 
boat, and three of the five jumped out and were drowned ; the two 
that remained in the boat crossed in safety. 

On one occasion, while blasting the ledge at the Falls, a man 
named Lewis was blown up and survived only nine days. He was 
an Englishman. This occurred in the spring of 1833. 

William Morse built the first house and blacksmith shop at the 
Falls, and the second house was by Nathan Knapp. Alvan Bolster 
and James H. Farnum kept the first store there, and the first fulling 
mill was built by Moses T. Cross of Bethel, in \>^'io. The first 
clover mill was by Simon Stevens of Paris, in 183o, and the first 
tavern there Avas kept by Levi Abbot. The power was utilized first 
by Rufus Viigin and Nathan Kuapp. Afterwards, for some years, 
by Chaplin Virgin, who also built carriages and sleighs. Business 
at the Falls has declined within a few years, but it is hoped that it 
will be greatly increased by the present owners. 



22-2 HISTORY OF liUMFOED. 

A prominent character in Rumford for many ^^ears, was Mr.. 
Fhineas Wood, whose liome was near Red Hill. Mr. Wood came 
from Dracut, ^lass., early in the century. Though without educa- 
tion, he did a large amount of business, and for his time and with 
his opportunities, accumulated a large estate. He was a man of 
vast proportions, towering a head above ordinary men, and l)road 
in proportion to his height. He was a prominent figure at military 
trainings and musters, at fourth of July celebrations, and agricul- 
tural exhibitions. 

Mr. Wood kept a large stock, and his broad, hill-side ranges 
contained some of the finest cattle in the county. He was in the 
habit of salting his stock every Sunday morning, and his method of 
doing it was unique. He would fill a bag with salt, and placing it 
across a horse's back, he would get on himself and start for the 
distant hills. Arriving at the pasture and before entering it, 
he would untie the bag and holding the open end in one hand, 
with the other he would guide his horse into the pasture. The 
cattle, expecting a visit about this time, would be hanging around 
the entrance to the pasture, and as soon as Mr. Wood entered, the 
entire herd, bellowing so as to be heard far away, would rush 
toward hiin at the top of their speed, and putting liis horse into the 
run, ]Mr. Wood would scatter salt from the open bag until it was 
empty. By this time the entire herd would 1)e enjoying their Sun- 
day morning relish, and Mr. Wood would quietly return to his home. 

Mr. AVood was often in law with some of his towus-i)eople ; not 
that he Avas litigious himself, for he was generally the defendant in 
the cases, and somehow he was generally beaten. On one occasion 
when he had a cause to be tried at Paris, he informed the presiding 
judge that, as he lost most of his cases when he employed a lawyer, 
he had concluded to try this case himself. He acconUngl}' took 
charge of it, and in his argument before the jury, displayed such 
a knowledge of the law, and such oratorical powers, though of 
course his language was not grammatical, that the judge, jury and 
bar were astonished. The jury gave him a verdict without leaving 
their seats. On another occasion when Mr. Wood had lost a case, 
and as he thought unjustly, he sarcastically suggested to the court 
that he thought he had better leave his pocket-ljook with him, so 
that when cases were entered he might settle them and save the 
expense of a trial. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 223 

lu the olden times, there was a small village in the town of 
Woodstock, on the thoroughfare between Rumford and Paris, where 
people were in the habit of congregating on Saturday afternoons, 
to run, wrestle, pitch quoits and engage in other manly sports. At 
such times the ardent flowed freely, and the exercises would some- 
times close with almost a tragedy instead of a farce. Rumford 
people were often here, including Mr. Wood who was fond of ex- 
hibiting his great strength and not averse to indulging in the use of 
the ardent. On one occasion, when a party of these merrymakers 
were present and Mr. Wood among them, something was stolen 
from somebody, about which there was considerable talk and no 
small amount of bluster. Finally Mr. Wood took out his pocket- 
book and stepping up to the store keeper, offered to pay for the 
missing article. "Why," said the dispenser of liquid rations, "you 
did not take it, did you Mr. Wood." "No," said Wood, "but I have 
neighbors who will swear I did, and I may as well pay for it now 
as hereafter." 

Yet, notwithstanding all his peculiarities, Mr. Wood was in many 
respects, a valuable citizen. He had energy and push, and if there 
was any difficult work to be done in the town, such as building a 
bridge or opening a new road, he was always ready to undertake it, 
and whatever he did undertake he always accomplished. He kept 
good stock and through his efforts, the stock in the town became 
much improved. He was generous, kind hearted and neighborly, 
and in his extensive farming operations he gave employmeut to 
many persons, some of whom would have found it difficult to have 
obtained work anywhere else. His death was a great loss to the 
farming interests of the neighborhood in which he lived, and to the 
town. Mr. Wood was fortunate in his family relations. Both of 
his wives were amiable and intelligent women, and his children 
grew up to be respected in town and after they went to seek their 
fortunes elsewhere. Only two remain : John R. AVood of Brooklyn, 
New York, and Mrs. Vileria Caldwell who now resides at North 
Water ford. 

A charter was granted to build a bridge across the Androscoggin 
river, at any point between the mouth of Ellis river and Kimball's 
Ferry, in Rumford, in 1819. The incorporators named in the 
charter were Daniel Martin, Ezra Smith, Francis Cushman, David 
Burbank, Luther Bean, Nathaniel Rolfe, Kimball Martin, Joel Howe 



221 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

and Peter C. Virgin. It was to be completed in four years. Acts 
were passed by the INIaine Legislature, extending the time for the 
comi)letion of this bridge, Jan. lo, 1822, and Feb. 17, 1827. An 
act was passed February 1-^, 18;53, to take effect the April following, 
for the protection of the bridge, providing a fine of three dollars 
for crossing it faster than a walk. jMarcli 2.'), 188i), an act was 
passed increasing the rates of toll, and inaking the rates at Betiiel, 
Runiford and Jay, uniform. Tiie bridge at Jay was built l)y the 
"Oxford Bridge Association" This constitutes all the legislation 
with regard to the Runiford bridge, nor was this last necessary, for 
January 2G, 183i), this bridge, the one at Bethel and several others 
on the Androscoggin below, were swept away by a winter freshet. 
This was uearl}' half a century ago, and the ferry in Summer and 
ice in Winter have been the only means of crossing the river between 
the Corner and the Point since that time. 

There was a ferry established between the Point and Corner, in 
1801), and with the exception of the few years when the river was 
bridged, it has been in operation when the river has been open ever 
since. There have been times when it was dangerous crossing, and 
some have had narrow escapes from drowning. At one time a 
young minister undertook to pull himself over in a small boat, and 
when in the middle of the river he kicked his boat away and was 
left hanging on the rope, and half under water, as the water was 
high. He gave the alarm, but there was no way to reach him ex- 
cept by means of the large boat. This was pulled off from the 
bank and started toward him, but in pulling, the rope would be 
first taut and then slack, which kept him l)obbing up and down, 
l)art of tlie time in the water up to his neck. He was rescued in 
time from a position which was more ludicrous than dangerous. 
He was of that persuasion that believes in immersion, but this time 
he got more water than was wholly desiral)le. 

At another time, in the spring when the ice interferred with the 
running of the boat, among otli(;rs going over, was a young man 
dressed for a ball which was coming off at the Corner, and where 
he was to meet the lady he afterward married. Above his other 
clothing, he wore a fur overcoat. There were cakes of ice in the 
way and the ferryman was doing his best to keep clear of them, 
when our young man sang out, "Just let your uncle Dudley pull a 
minute," and seizing hold of the rope, he pulled away with all his 



IIISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 225 

might. There was a jam of ice ahead, and the feiTjnnan and others 
on the boat, cautioned him not to run into it, but he did not heed 
them and kept on. When the collision came, the rope was un- 
shipped from the boat, and the amateur boatman thrown some fifteen 
feet up stream, and struck the water head foremost. He was pulled 
out by the heels, and the boat was brought to the shore with great 
difficulty, a long distance below the landing place. It left the 
young man in a condition unfit to proceed to the ball, aud "Let 
your uncle Dudley pull," were words he was obliged to hear quite 
frequently for a long time afterwards, and which he by no means 
relished. 

When Jonathan Keyes first came to Rumford, the place was 
sometimes visited by roving Indians, and as they came from Canada 
and the war for independence was in progress, they sometimes 
appeared in war paint though they never made any very hostile 
demonstrations toward his family. One time when Jonathan Keyes 
was absent from home, his son Francis saw several painted Indians 
approaching the house, and ran and told his mother. Mrs. Keyes 
was a very large woman, and as fearless as she was large. She told 
Francis to step into the house and stay there. She then went out 
and confronted the head Indian, one Tomhegau with whom she was 
acquainted, and asked whether they were for peace or war ? They 
answered, peace. "Then," said she "hand me your guns." They 
obeyed and, having received them, she gave them bread and maple 
sugar to eat ; after they had eaten, they took their guns and passed 
along. Keyes came home at night, and not liking the aspect of 
things, took his family and started at once for New Gloucester, 
where he arrived in safety. This was about the time of the Indian 
raid into Bethel. These Indians had been to Livermore to attack 
the settlement there, but finding it too strong, they left without 
making any demonstration. 

Benjamin Rolfe, who came from Concord, N. H., and settled on 
the south side of the river above Rumford Falls, was among the 
first in town to receive a commission as Justice of the Peace. It is 
related of him that wishing to convey a piece of real estate, and 
there being no other civil magistrate near, he stationed himself 
before a mirror, and after looking at himself in the glass, he repeated 
the formula, "Personally appeared before me, etc.," and then signed 
it officially after having signed as grantor. 



226 HISTOBY OF RUMFOJiD. 

An act was passed February 8, 1819, authorizing the sale of the 
ministerial and school lands in Rumford, and the trustees of the 
funds named in the act are : P>ancis Keyes, William AVheeler, 
Nathan Adams, Joshua Graham, Daniel Knight, Hezekiah Ilutchins 
and Peter C. Virgin. In 1845, an act was passed directing the 
trustees acting under the act of 1819, to transfer and deliver up to 
the municipal officers of the town, all monies, notes and other 
securities constituting the school funds, virtually repealing the 
former act. It is said that a large portion of these funds were lost 
to the schools by loaning them to irresponsible parties without suffi- 
cient security. 

The Maine Legislature, Februarj' 18, 1835, granted a charter to 
the Rumford Falls Bridge Company, and allowed them five years in 
which to construct a bridge across the river at or near Rumford 
Falls. The l)ridge was commenced but never completed. The 
following persons constituted the company : Rufus Virgin, Moses 
F. Kimball, John M. Eustis, Otis C. Bolster, Moses T. Cross, 
Edward Stevens, Aaron Stevens, David Abbot 4th, Lyman Bolster, 
Thos. G. Clark, John E. Rolfe, Albert G. Glines, Chas. E. Virgin, 
Chandler Abbot, Osgood Eaton, Jr., Jacob Abbot 2d, David B. 
Glines, James H. Farnum, Wm. W. Farnum, Stephen Farnum, Jr., 
Jesse Putnam, Joseph Adams, Aaron Virgin, David Farnum, Josiah 
Parker, Daniel Hall, Jeremiah Farnum, Jesse Hoit, Jeremiah Hall, 
Stephen Putnam, David Knapp, Enoch Knapp and Alvan Bolster. 

The first mills in Rumford were erected by Capt. John Chandler of 
Concord, N. H. He was the son of Lieut. John and Mary (Carter) 
Chandler, and was born in Concord, December 11, 1752. An ac- 
count of his contract with the proprietors to build mills on Concord 
river in New Pennacook may be found in the abstract of the records 
of the proprietary. None of this Chandler family ever lived in Rum- 
ford. April 15, 1792, John Chandler sold the mills on Concord 
river, together with one hundred acres of land, to Aaron Moor who 
had been a resident here for several years. February, 1796, Aaron 
Moor sold the mill property and land to Gustavus A. Goss, and 
bought land in Numl)cr 2, now Franklin Plantation, where he moved 
with his family. June 15, 1804, Aaron Moor of Number 2 sold a 
lot of land adjoining the one on which Francis Hemmingway settled, 
to Josiah Bean of Bethel. Tlie mills on Concord river linally came 
into the hands of David Abbot, who operated them for many years 



HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 227 

and they have siuce been kuown as Abbot's mills. Mr. Abbot 
exchanged other lands for the mill property", including lands with 
Goss, and gave one hundred and ten thousand feet of pine luml)er in 
addition, about the year 1800. Samuel V. Abbot succeeded his 
father in the ownership of the mills and still continues to operate 
them. A few j^ears ago he erected a new and very fine grist mill, 
which has been well patronized, and the saw mill has turned out a 
great deal of lumber. 

Silas Howe came from Bei'lin, Mass., quite early and settled at 
Rumford Centre. Some of the early town meetings were held at 
his house. He put up frames for a saw and grist mill at the mouth 
of Split brook, but he did not finish them, and January 12, 1803, 
he sold his house and land with the mill privilege and frames to 
Phineas "Wood. June 1, 1803, Phineas AVood sold to Nathan 
Hunting of Chelmsford, Mass., one hundred acres of land, together 
with house and one-half of the mill frames near the mouth of Split 
brook and privilege. The lot of land conveyed was number eighty- 
three, on the north side of the Great river. August 30, 1804, Wood 
sold to Hunting, his wife Patty joining in the conveyance, the other 
half of the mills and privilege. Hunting had then moved into town 
and he continued here and to operate the mills with Francis Smart 
for some years. Reference is made to Hunting and the mills in 
abstracts of town records. These mills were afterward owned by 
Joshua Graham and were known as Graham's mills. Since that 
time they have been owned by "Wade Moor, Chaplin "Virgin and 
others. 

It is said that Stephen Greenleaf Stevens sold to Jesse Duston, 
blacksmith, the lot of land on which Rumford Point village now is. 
Mr. Duston married a daughter of Phineas Howard of Howard's 
Gore. He was the son of Jesse Duston, an early settler of Bethel, 
and a lineal descendant of the famous Hannah (Emerson) Duston 
who killed the band of Indians at Pennacook, N. H., which had made 
her and her nurse captives at Haverhill. Mr. Duston moved from 
Rumford to Brunswick where some of his descendants still reside. 
February 27, 1810, Stephen Greenleaf Stevens sold to Jesse Duston, 
blacksmith, one-half of lot numbered forty-eight in the third division 
of lots, containing one hundred and twenty-two acres. 

Lydia, daughter of Francis Keyes, Esq., married Francis Cush- 
man, and after his death she became insane. She was harmlessly 



228 insTonr of humfobd. 

cvazy, but sometimes she was very annoying to pu1)lie gatherings 
which she chose to attend. JShe had the impression that her husband 
had been swindled out of his property, and this made her very 
bitter toward some of the prominent families in town. At the 
funeral of Porter Kimball she refused to give up her pew to the 
mourners, and whenever the minister, in the course of his funeral 
sermon, said anything in praise of the deceased, "Aunt Lydia," as 
she was always called, would audibly contradict him. There was a 
large funeral, he being a member of the Sons of Temperance, and a 
large number of the members of the fraternity was present from 
adjoining towns, on which account Aunt Lydia's interruptions were 
especially annoying. 

On a certain occasion there was a Universalist conference meet- 
ing at Rumford, and Aunt Lydia Cushman was present. Among 
the ministers there, was Rev. J. C. Snow who had lately come into 
the State, and was settled in Norway. Mr. Snow was a young 
man, beardless, with rosy cheeks which made him appear much 
younger than he really was. He took part in the meeting, and at 
one of the sessions, made a very eloquent and soul-stirring speech. 
Aunt Lydia listened very attentively, and when he closed she sprang 
to her feet and quoted in a clear voice the first part of the second 
verse of the eighth psalm, "Out of the mouth of ba])es and sucklings 
hast thou ordained strength." There was a smile upon the faces of 
the audience and an audible titter among the j'ounger portion, but 
Aunt Lydia looked as grave as a judge, and no doubt felt that her 
little speech was a climax to the eloquence of the youthful i)reacher. 

On another occasion Aunt Lydia was at a meeting where several 
of her imaginary enemies were present, and she became so wild and 
noisy that it became necessary to remove her, after she had per- 
sistently refused to hold her peace or go out of her own accord. 
So two strong men undertook to put her out and after skirmishing 
a little they seized her, one on each side, and began to carry her 
down the isle toward the door. She stopped all resistance, and 
looking down with contempt, first on one of her bearers and then on 
the other, she raised her eyes to the audience and said: "I am 
more favored than was the Saviour of the world ; he had to be con- 
tent with riding on one ass, while I am borne on the backs of a 
pair of them." 

Aunt Lydia Cushman often went to Augusta when the Legislature 







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Ills TOBY OF RUMFOED. 229 

was in session, and tried to obtain legislation to protect the property 
rights of women. Dressed partly in male attire, she would sit in 
the galleries at the State House with knitting work in hand, through 
entire sessions closely watching the proceedings and listening to the 
debates, and when anything was said that especially pleased her, 
she would heartily respond with "amen" or "double amen to that." 
Her insanity rather increased with her years, and she was sent to 
the Insane Hospital, where in the old ladies' ward, she was tenderly 
cared for, until her mind and body became weakened, when as a 
harmless incurable, on account of the crowded condition of the 
Hospital, she was taken back to Rumford and soon after died. 

In a letter written by Aunt Lydia Cushman, dated Rumford, 
October, 1874, she saj's : "The Beans came from Standish to Bethel ; 
there were three of them, Josiah, Jonathan and Daniel. Josiah 
was my grandfather ; he married Molly Crocker and they had nine 
children. The rest of the Crocker family moved to Machias. I 
never saw my great grandfather, but I have seen my great grand- 
mother. She was a short little Dutchman ; when she stood up, her 
head was just as high as the distaff of a little old fashioned spinning 
wheel, and the old fashioned wheels were not as high by one foot as 
the present ones. My great grandfather one night hurried his wife 
off to bed and assisted her about the children. When she woke up 
in the night he had not come to bed ; she called him but he did not 
answer, and on getting up she found him hanging by tlie neck and 
stone dead. Neither she nor the children had ever thought of such 
a thing ; death was its own interpreter." She signed her name as 
"Lj^dia Cushman, a teacher of righteousness to this generation, not 
that a female should carry the reins, sit on the right and drive the 
horse, but if her husband dies, she should have the privilege born 
with her, to speak the truth." 

Nathan Adams was one of the proprietors of Andover. This 
town was granted to inhabitants of Andover, Mass., and neighbor- 
ing towns, and was largely settled by people from Andover. The 
early Merrills, Poors, Adamses Wardwells and Abbots came from 
there, while others came from Newbury, Amesbury and Bradford. 
Nathan Adams sold out his interest in Andover, having previously 
bought of Sarah Stevens a full right amounting to nearly four hun- 
dred acres of New Penuacook lands. His tract was next to Bethel, 
now Hanover line. He first moved into Bethel and remained while 



230- HISTOBY OF BUMFOItD. 

he cleared land and built a house upon his own territory. AVhile in 
Bethel he was chosen one of the selectmen, and one of his children 
was ])orn in Bethel. He was one of the more forehanded of the 
early settlers of Andover, and also of Kumford, having been a well- 
to-do farmer in Andover, Mass. His was not one of the old 
Andover families, the Adamses having moved there probably from 
New Hampshire, perhaps from New Ipswich. He descended from 
William Adams who was a resident of Ipswich, Mass., in 1640. 

The schools of Rumford are not as well attended as they were 
fifty years ago. Then nearly all the seats were lilled even in the 
cross road school-houses. The school on the west side of Ellis 
river in the Howe district once had fifty or sixty pupils in winter, 
and thirty to forty in summer, but not half that number attends 
there now. Once a young man applied for and obtained the winter 
school in this district, but when he made his appearance he found 
80 many bouncing girls present that his heart failed him. He man- 
aged to get through the day, but at night, he announced his inten- 
tion of keeping the school no longer. The girls really liked his 
appearance and thought he would make a good teacher, and so they 
urged him to stay and continue the school and promised to respect 
and obey him, but it was all to no i)urpose. Calvin Howe who 
lived in this district, had eleven daughters, enough to make more 
than an average country school of the i)resent day. 

In early times, the young people living on Ellis river often walked 
to Rumford Center, a distance of eight miles, or to Andover, distant 
five miles, to meeting on the Sabbath, and thought nothing of it. 
Mrs. Timothy AValkrr recently told the writer that when she was a 
girl, she and her sister. IMrs. AVilliam INIoody, had frequently walked 
to the house of Dea. Abijah Lapham, who lived on the Paris road 
near Bailey's Corner, to attend meeting, one of the attractions 
being the fine singing of the young wife of Deacon Lapham's son. 
Young ladies would hardly consent to ride as far to attend meetings 
in our day. The practice was to wear old shoes until they got near 
the chureh, then change them for better ones, hiding the old ones 
to be put on again when they started on the homeward journey. 
There was once a log near the Center meeting house, upon which 
the girls would sit to make the exchange. Many people were desti- 
tute of good clothes in those days, and on funeral occasions they 
had to borrow of those who had them, in order to appear decent. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 231 

At weddings, also, guests often appeared in borrowed' finery, and a 
pair of calf-skin boots often did service for all the men in a neigh- 
borhood. 

As stated elsewhere, when the first settlers came to Eumford, 
there were strolling bands of Saint Francis Indians frequently in 
the settlement. They sometimes brought their furs here for sale, 
which they had secured in the region of the lakes and their tribu- 
taries. Soon after Philip Abbot came he made a journey to Fryeburg 
and purchased some ardent spirits and brought them here hoping 
thereby to get the good will of the savages and secure their peltry. 
But alas for human foresight ! The Indians drank his rum and 
became so crazy drunk and demonstrative that he was obliged to 
take his family and flee into the woods, where he remained until the 
savages had sobered off and left. They took their furs with them, 
and Abbot had his long and tedious journey to Fryeburg for nothing. 

John Howe of Marlboro bought Rumford lands, and came here in 
1800. The first land he purchased was of B. Rice who had it of 
John Barnard, and he of Jonathan Stickney who was the original 
grantee. His other lot he purchased of Samuel Brigham of Berlin, 
Mass. This lot contained one hundred acres. Many of the early 
settlers preferred the uplands because as new lands, they were much 
more productive, and so the lots purchased by Mr. Howe remained 
unsold and unsettled for over twenty years after the first settler 
came. Mr. Howe purchased them for two hundred dollars, and 
they made one of the most productive and valuable farms iu town. 
He was a cooper as well as farmer, and the former trade was very 
useful and valuable in a new settlement. He and his wife belonged 
to a church in Andover which was nearer to him tlian the one at 
Rumford Centre, and when they died their remains were carried to 
that town for interment. 

In the early times, the Fourth of July was always a great day in 
Rumford. There was an abundant supply of the ardent, and young 
men, middle aged men and sometimes old men engaged in parades, 
sham fights and the burning of gun powder. Politics were laid 
aside for the nonce, and Whig and Democrat vied with each other 
in patriotic devotion to the great achievement which the day repre- 
sents. But on one occasion the Democrats had a strictly party 
celebration at Leach's tavern in the East part of the town. This 
was July 4, 1838, when the north eastern boundary question caused 



232' HISTORY OF EUMFOIW. 

considerable excitement in Maine and party lines were closely 
drawn. Gen. Alvan Bolster presided and Abel "Wheeler was Vice 
President. There was an oration, and afterward a dinner followed 
by toasts and sentiment. Some of the toasts were of a party cliar- 
acter and some were not. David Knapp offered the following : 
"Our host, John H. Leach, may his heart be as free from guile as 
his head is from hair;" and one from David H. Farnum : "Ameri- 
can ships and the ladies : may the first be well rigged and the 
second be well manned." 

Phineas Howe of Berlin, Mass., father of Abram, Silas, Phineas, 
Jr. and Samson Howe who settled in Rumford, was a veritable 
giant. His height was six feet and nine inches, and he was other- 
wise built up to correspond. Most of the family were stalwart in 
size. Phineas, Jr., who came to Rumford was six feet and five 
inches tall. I'hineas Howe, Senior, had a daughter Polly, who 
married Abel Baker, who moved from Berlin to Concord, N. H. 
She was six feet tall and weighed over two hundred pounds. Baker 
was a millman and his wife worked with him ; she could take the 
grists from the horse's back to tlie mill and back again with as much 
facility as the strongest man. She could easily handle three bush- 
els of corn in a bag. She had a daughter Susan Baker, born in, 
17i»y, Avho was six feet and two and a half inches tall. 

David Knapp, son of Nathan Knapp, who was drowned in Rum- 
ford Falls, was a man of marked ability. He lived at Rumford 
Falls, and like almost everybody else, in his earh^ manhood, was 
addicted to intoxicating drink. He came out with the Washingto- 
nian movement, and was a very efficient speaker and advocate of 
the cause. The first temperance address ever heard by the writer 
was made by David Knapp, on the 4th of Jidy, at a grove near 
North Woodstock. It was very effective and hundreds on that day 
and occasion took the total abstinance pledge. To illustrate one of 
his points, showing the importance of taking the pledge now, and 
breaking off from the habit at once and forever, he said that he had 
been into the store at the Falls to take his last glass, more than a 
hnndred times. He was member of the Legislature and Register of 
Probate. He died in Norway. 

Joseph H. Wardwell was the first cabinet maker in Rumford. 
He opened a shop at the Corner and operated it until he bought the 
store and tavern of Solomon Crockett in 1831. He was succeeded 



HISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 233 

in the business of cabinet making by his cousin, Jeremiah Ward- 
well, who continued it until the time of his death. Joseph H. 
Wardwell was an able business man, and the most prosperous period 
ever enjoj'ed by the Corner was when he carried on business there. 
He was a man of great suavity of manner and disposition, but when 
imposed upon, no man knew better how to resent it. His mother 
was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Hemmenway of Wells, one of the 
most noted Maine ministers of the eighteenth century. Mr. Ward- 
well was captain of the Light Infantry in Rumford, and was a fine 
military man, qualities which he inherited from his father. He 
reared a large family and died comparatively young. He and his 
father died on the same day, March 5, 1849. He died in Hanover 
where he moved when he sold out to Ross. 

There have been several taverns in Rumford. The early inn- 
keepers were required to take out a license as such, and if they sold 
liquors they were required to take out a license for this privilege 
also. Levi Abbot opened a tavern at Rumford Falls in 1833. It 
was subsequently kept by Benjamin H. Blanchard, a Mr. Wins- 
low, John B. Leach and A. W. Adams. It was burned in 1880. 
Philip Abbot opened his house to the public in 1791, and in 1822, 
he put up a sign. He lived on the south side of the river opposite 
East Rumford. William Wheeler kept a tavern at East Rumford 
prior to 1806, and was succeeded by Alvan Bolster. The 
first tavern at the Center was kept by Joshua Graham, and the 
house was continued by Joshua Graham, Jr. Asa Graham opened 
a house here and with his son-in-law Knapp, run it till 1850, when 
it was sold to James M. Dolloflf and named the Central house. It 
was burned in 1875. Wm. D. Abbot opened a house here in 1864, 
called the Union House. The Abbots sold to Wm. J. Kimball, who 
now runs it. Moses F. Kimball, and later, his son Charles A. Kim- 
ball have kept public houses at Rumford Point. For a long time, 
there has been no tavern at the Point, but travellers have been en- 
tertained at private houses. 

The first tavern at Rumford Corner was built and opened by 
Samuel Bartlett. He was the son of Jonathan Bartlett of Bethel. 
He sold his place after a few years, to Solomon Crockett from An- 
dover, and moved to a farm opposite the Center. In 1831, Mr. 
Crockett sold out his store and tavern to Joseph H. Wardwell and 
moved to Portland. The house was well patronized while Mr. 



234 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Wardwell owued it, and he also did a large business in the store. 
But his health failed and he gave up the business to a Mr. Ross and 
moved to Hanover. The buildings were soon after l)urned. In 
1846, Jonathan Virgin bought the house at the Corner, built but not 
finished by Francis Keyes, and having finished it, he opened it as a 
tavern in opposition to Wardwell. It was called the American 
House, and Virgin soon sold out to Benjamin B. Barden, a veteran 
in the business. He sold out to James H. Farnum, who in turn 
sold to David George Martin and moved to Bryant's Pond. Martin 
died, and was succeeded by Lowell and Fox, and they by A. H. 
Price, who kept the house from 1870 to 1886, when he sold out to 
E. E. Jackson. The house was soon after burned. Mr. Barden 
went from Rumford to Bethel Hill, and was afterward at Dixfield, 
Phillips and Farmington. He died in Topsham in 1889, aged 80. 

The first public ferry across the Androscoggin in Rumford, was 
owned by James C. Harper, and was known as "Harper's Ferry." 
It was situated a mile below the Point, and was discontinued in 
1809. It was then established between the Point and the Corner, 
and was owned respectively by Moses F. Kimball, John Estes and 
Porter Kimball, until the bridge was built. After the bridge was 
carried away in 1839, a ferry was re-established and Porter Kimball 
became sole owner. He sold out to Charles A. Kimball, who, 
after a few years, sold it to Frank Martin. Roscoe Kniglit now 
runs it. Stephen Putnam, Jr., established a ferry at East Rum- 
ford in 1811. His brother, Jacob Putnam, afterward had it, and 
from him it passed to his sous. It has always been known as 
Putnam's Ferry. Aaron Graham established the ferry at the 
Center ; from him it passed to Joshua Graham and his son, Joshua 
Graham, Jr. Then Asa Graham and his son-in-law, Albion K. 
Knapp, had it, and in 1850 it was sold to James M. Dolloff, whose 
son, Ronello C Uolloff, now operates it. From records of real 
estate transfers, it would appear that John P^mery Adams once had 
the ferry at Rumford Center, and he may have been the first. 

The Lufkin family of Rumford has been conspicuous in various 
ways. Benjamin, the patriarch, came here in 1787, and his son 
Samuel, August 15, 1788, was the first child born in the town. Of 
the other sons of Benjamin Lufkin, Joseph, Benjamin, Jr., and 
Moses became preachers. Most of them left Rumford quite early, 
but Joseph came back and settled on a farm a little north of Rum- 



HISTOBY OF EUMFOED. 235 

ford Center, and died here. His son Oriu, was a successful school 
teacher, was married here, went to Massachusetts and died there in 
1862. Merrit Newell Lufkin, another and the only surviving son 
of Joseph Lufkin, resides on the old homestead. He is an intelli- 
gent and progressive farmer, a contributor to the agricultural press, 
and a valuable citizen of the town. He has served as one of the 
selectmen, and also as town clerk. Nathan S. Lufkin, son of Jacob 
Lufkin, was in trade several years at the Center, and served the 
town in various capacities. He moved to Caribou in the county of 
Aroostook, and engaged successfully in farming. He has been in 
town office more or less in Caribou, and also served as county 
commissioner. 

The five sons of John and Mary (Newton) Howe were closely 
identified with the history of the town for many years, some of them 
for more than half a century. All save Calvin, were born in 
Massachusetts, and came here with their parents about the year 
eighteen hundred, and all tilled portions of the land purchased and 
cleared up under the direction of their father, on the West side of 
Ellis river. Three of the brothers, John, Jr., Otis and Calvin, 
always remained here, and were here gathered to their father. 
Joel and Eli moved into Howard's Gore, which now constitutes a 
part of Hanover, and here they spent long and useful lives. They 
were all stalwart men, and as much noted for their strength of mind 
as of body. They were men of strict integrity ; industrious, 
prudent and thrifty. Without brilliancy, they were men of sound 
judgment, peaceful and law-abiding, just such characters as are 
essential to the complete success of a Republican form of govern- 
ment. Their farms and farm buildings were models of neatness 
and order. Plenty reigned in their households, and they dispensed 
their bounties with old fashioned hospitalit3\ Their religion was 
that of the heart, and was carried into their every day lives. They 
were careful about giving their word, l)ut when given, it was as 
good as their bond. Without being clannish, the^^ enjo^^ed the 
society and companionship of their own families better than they 
did anybody else. They kept out of debt, paid tlieir taxes prompt- 
ly, contributed liberally to the sui)port of the Christian ministry, 
fully recognizing the fact that '' no ninn livetli to himself." Such 
was the character of these good peoi)lc as the writer has known it, 
and heard it from those niucli better acquainted with them. Their 



23ff HISTORY OF IWMFOUD. 

memory is fragraut in the towu of their adoptiou, aud the priceless 
legacy of a good name is the inheritance of their numerous posterity. 

The bears were unusually plenty in the mountainous portions ol 
the town during the season of 1889, and were often seen prowling 
around the sheep pastures. In the early part of September, while 
Main's circus was performing at the Center, a bear came out of the 
woods in plain sight of the Village and having watched the crowd 
and performing tent for a short time returned to cover in the woods. 
The unusual appearance seemed to excite his curiosity, but he did 
not deem it prudent to pursue his investigations too closely. 

Col. William Wheeler was not among the earliest settlers in 
Rumford, but he was a man of marked ability and was a leader in 
town. He was a trader and inn-keeper, was much in town office 
and was the first representative from Rumford to the Massachu- 
setts Legislature. He was a civil magistrate, and was also a leader 
in military affairs. He commanded the company of militia raised 
in this vicinity for the defence of Portland during the last war with 
England, aud was afterwards Colonel of the Regiment. He was a 
man of great energy and perseverance, of sound judgment, and one 
whose influence would be felt in any community. His wife having 
died, he moved to Vermont, and his early removal was a severe loss 
to the town. He was succeeded in business, and in many other 
respects by his son-in-law, Gen. Alvan Bolster. 

In the days of home-spun clothing, carding and fulling mills 
were very essential in every community. There was once an estab- 
lishment for dressing cloth below Abbot's Mills, on Concord river. 
It was owned by Mr. Samuel Page of Brunswick, and was operated 
by Mr. William Walcott, and also by Benjamin Morse ; later, by 
Harvey Willard and Joseph Peverly ; at one time it was owned by 
John Harris of Bethel. There was a fulling mill at the Falls in 
1833, owned and operated by Moses T. Cross, who came here from 
Bethel, and returned there. Mr. Cross carried on a similar business 
near Bethel Hill for many years. He then went into trade on the 
Hill, and died there some years ago. His first wife was the 
daughter of William Staples, and his second of Ezra Smith, both 
of Hanover. He was a twin, his twin brother being named Aaron^ 
a farmer in Bethel. Their father, Jesse Cross, came from Andovery 
Mass., to Bethel, and married a daughter of Eleazer TwitchelL 
There was also at one time a carding and fulling mill on Split 



HISTORY OF BUMFOED. 237 

Brook, and there is still a mill for carding wool in Hanover ; but 
fulling mills have long been numbered with things of the past. 

The name of Pettingill does not appear upon Rumford records 
until about the year 1862, when Oliver Pettingill bought and occu- 
pied the Colman Godwin farm on the north side of the river, above 
Rumford Center. Waldo Pettingill, his son, succeeded his father 
on this farm, and the union of the two Godwin homesteads gave 
him one of the largest, best and most productive farms in the town. 
Mr. Pettingill has been considerably in town office, has served as 
vcounty commissioner, and is regarded as a first class business man. 
He aided in settling the estate of the late Timothy Walker, one of 
the largest estates ever accumulated in town, is a prominent Mason 
and has served as Deputy Grand Master for the District in which 
he resides. He is yet in the prime and vigor of life, and does 
considerable business besides looking after his important farming 
interests. 

Stephen Putnam once had a mill on Swain's brook, which flows 
into the Androscoggin below Rumford Falls. It has long since 
disappeared, but the ruins of the dam are still seen. IMr. Putnam 
was once at work by the side of the road when a caravan was 
passing by, and in advance was an elephant. This was the first 
animal of this kind that had ever entered the town, and the first 
one that Mr. Putnam had ever seen. To say that he was frightened 
as the huge pachyderm waddled by, would be putting it ver}' mildly, 
and springing away to give the monster a wide birth, he exclaimed, 
" My God, what a toad." 

There have been several deaths by drowning in the Androscoggin 
river. In 1848, on the fourth of July, Charles Wood, sou of 
Phineas Wood, and two of the sons of Daniel Hinkson were drowned 
at Rumford Point, while bathing. Henry Peabody was drowned at 
the Point in 1852, and a son of Jackson Howard in 1857. About 
the year 1820, three men in a boat below Rumford Point, were 
capsized and Benjamin Elliot, Jr., was drowned. His widow 
married Increase Dolly in 1824, and their son Benjamin Elliot Dolly 
was also drowned below the Point, distant about two miles. 

Stickney Virgin was a bachelor, and for several years was in the 
employ of Dexter D. W. Abbot, at the Mount Zircon House. On 
■one occasion Mr. Abbot sent him to Bryant's Pond with a team. 



238" HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 

and gave bira an order on the tavern keeper there "for a dinner^ 
baiting for his horse, &c., «&e." After he had eaten his dinner, 
Virgin sat round a while and then timidly approaching the landlord, 
asked if there was not some "and so forth" on the order from Mr. 
Abbot? The point was seen by the landlord, and the article 
promptly supplied. Virgin then lighted his pipe and sat down 
contented, but after an hour or so he again interviewed the land- 
lord and asked if there were not two " and so forths " on that order? 
Receiving an affirmative answer, he again imbibed, and then hitching 
up his team he started for home. 

Stickney Virgin had a horse that was very lazy and as a reminder 
when he wanted him to go faster. Virgin had a goad stick with a 
long brad in it with which he would prod the poor beast, and some- 
times most unmercifully. On some occasion not now remembered, 
he was driving another horse but had the ever-present goad stick in 
his hand, and forgetting himself he applied the prod in his usual 
way. The result w\as a surprise to him. The animal's rear feet 
came at once in contact with the dasher and in a twinkling the front 
part of the wagon was demolished. Virgin exclaimed, "if you are 
going to get in I guess I'll get out," and out he got from the rear of 
the vehicle which the horse ran away with and completely ruined. 

It has been stated elsewhere that James C. Harper established 
and owned the first ferry across the Androscoggin in the west part 
of Kumford. This was known as "Harper's Ferry," and was situ- 
ated about a mile below the present one. During the war of the 
Rebellion wdien Harper's Ferry began to be spoken of in connection 
with army operations, Mr. Ednuuid Bean, a respected but illiterate 
citizen of Bethel, familiarly known as "Mister Ned," was down at 
the Point one day, and hearing some one speak of the union defeat 
at Harper's Ferry, exclaimed : "I'll bet that's Jim llari)er that 
owns that ferry ; he always would have a ferry let him be where he 
would." It is needless to say that James C. Harper had then been 
dead many years, and had he then been alive, would have been con- 
siderably' more than a hundred years old. 

The first store in town is said to have been kept by John Whitte- 
more. His i)lace was l)etween the Center and East Kumford. He 
did not keep a large stock of goods, but he supplied the needs of 
the inhabitants for a short time, and then moved from town. He 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 239 

and his wife died near Dixville notch, and their grave stones can 
be seen by the traveler, by the roadside. The first store at the 
Point was kept by Ezra Smith, whose residence was Howard's 
Gore. Subsequent traders at the Point, were Moses F. Kimball, 
Otis C. Bolster, Francis Cushman, Charles A. Kimball, and later 
Charles W. Kimball. William Wheeler was an early trader at 
East Rumford, and Alvan Bolster and James H. Farnum at the 
Falls. Joshua Graham early opened a store at the Center, and 
there have been many since that time. But there has been a great 
falling off in trade in Rumford since 1850, when the Atlantic and 
Saint Lawrence railroad was put in operation through the county. 
Villages sprang up on the line of the road, at the expense of those 
situated away from it. 

There was considerable trepidation in Rumford and throughout 
the State, when the call for troops was made to defend our eastern 
boundary, but this was by no means shown by all. AVhen the draft 
was made in Rumford, Benjamin, son of Dea. Hezekiah Hutchins, 
had the misfortune to draw a prize. The young man did not care 
so much about it, but his father shed tears of anguish to such an 
extent as to move the heart of John M. Adams, then a minor, who 
was willing to go in place of Hutchins. In fact, he really desired 
to go, but knew his mother who was then a widow, would not 
conseut for him to volunteer ; so he arranged it with those who 
manipulated the draft, to have his name put in and drawn out, " to 
go." He went as Orderly Sergeant, and enjoyed the twenty-four 
days' visit at the State capital very much. While there he had the 
privilege of seeing, in addition to other celebrities, General Winfield 
Scott, and also Robert E. Lee, who was a member of the General's 
staff. It was a very pleasant outing. 

In our chapter on Rumford Physicians the names of Dr. Simeon 
Fuller and James Bullock were inadvertantly omitted. Dr. Fuller 
was the sou of Aaron and Hannah (Pond) Fuller, and was born in 
Paris, Oct. 3, 1799. After preparing himself for the practice of 
medicine, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Capt. Samuel Rawson 
of Paris, and settled in practice at Rumford Corner. He was suc- 
cessful in his business, but died in middle life Nov. 29, 1841. His 
widow married for a second husband, Dr. James Bullock of Reho- 
both, Mass., who succeeded to the practice of Dr. Fuller, He was 
a well educated man, had travelled and seen much of the world. 



24G HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

but while here he did not choose to conline himself very closely to 
practice. He was for some years collector of taxes in this town, 
and died while in office in 1857. His widow survived him several 
years. Both Drs. Fuller and Bullock resided in the stand now oc- 
cupied by Sullivan R. Hutchins. There is no representative of the 
family in the town or state. 

Stephen Putnam, Jr., was the first blacksmith in Rumford, but 
there have been manj' since. Samuel Putnam, Jr., was also a 
blacksmith. Moses F. Kimball came to Rumford to work at this 
trade, but soon engaged in other business. Porter Kimball became 
forehanded by hard work at the forge and anvil. Other blacksmiths 
have been Asa Howard, William Morse, Samuel Hinkson, Aaron 
Marean, Thomas N. Ricker, Loammi B. Peabody, Hall Torrey, D. 
A. Thurston, Otis Howe, Warren M. Adams, David F. Adams, 
Cyrus Small, Peter D. Brackett, Nathan Handy, Loring Glover, 
Joseph Arnold and Abraham Maxfield. 

Among the cordwainers (shoemakers) in Rumford have been 
Benjamin Morse, Charles Ford, Warren Mansur, Aaron Stevens, 
Nathan W. Ethridge and Joseph P. Small. This trade was of great 
importance to the early settlers. There were then no ready made 
shoes on sale, and the shoemakers usually visited the.houses in town 
in spring and fall, when the whole family were shod. Cowhide was 
usually worn by the men, and calf-skin by the women. They were 
not quite as handsome as the foot-wear of our day, but they were 
made upon honor and did good service. Shoe and boot-making is 
mostly done by machinery now, and repairing is all that is left for 
the country cordwainer. 

Francis Heramingway settled the farm in Bethel by the side of 
the "Whale's Back," which he exchanged with Benjamin Sweat for 
a lot al)Ove Abbot's INIills. He was a cooper by trade, and supplied 
the town with wash-tubs, leach-tubs, cheese-tubs and the like, for 
many years. He was fond of a social glass, and the habit was so 
strong upon him that he found it very difficult to deny himself. On 
a certain occasion a severe freshet rendered Concord river bridge 
impassable, and for two or three days Hcmmingway had been with- 
out his favorite beverage. He felt that he could do without it no 
longer, and as there was no boat at hand, he undertook to cross 
Concord river in one of his tubs. The water was subsiding and 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 241 

the current very strong, and the tub in spite of all its occupant 
could do, was carried into and down the great river. Half way or 
more toward the Center, the current set in toward the shore, and 
by making what effort he could without upsetting his frail bark, 
Mr. Hemmingway touched the land and sprang upon it. It was a 
narrow escape from a watery grave, and he fully realized that he 
had jeopardized his life all for a drink of rum. When the Washing- 
tonian movement came soon after, Mr. Hemmingway signed the 
pledge and was one of the few reformed ones in town who kept it 
inviolate to the day of his death. 

The following list of the three principal officers of Blazing Star 
Lodge, was received after the other was in print. It is placed here 
to complete the record. It will be noticed that the officers for 1872 
differ somewhat in the two lists : 

1872. Edgar H. Powers, Wm. Frost, Jonathan K. Martin. 

1873. N. S. F'arnum, Waldo Pettingill, Jonathan K. Martin. 

1874. Edgar H. Powers, Waldo Pettingill, Wm. M. Blanchard. 

1875. Waldo Pettingill, C. P. Eaton, John H. Howe. 

1876. Floras H. Bartlett, C. P. E:atou, John H. Howe. 

1877. Floras H. Bartlett, C. P. Eaton, John H. Howe. 

1878. Waldo Pettingill, Henry M. Colby, John H. Howe. 

1879. Waldo Pettingill, Freeman E. Small, John H. Howe. 

1880. Floras H. Bartlett, Freeman E. Small, John H. Howe. 

1881. Floras H. Bartlett, Freeman E. Small, John H. Howe. 

1882. E. H. Hutchins, N. F. Hoyt, John H. Howe. 

1883. Freeman E. Small, N. F. Hoyt, John H. Howe. 

1884. Freeman E. Small, N. F. Hoyt, John H. Howe. 

1885. Isaac Bagnall, Geo. L. Smith, John H. Howe. 

1886. Isaac Bagnall, Henry M. Colby, John H. Howe. 

1887. Isaac Bagnall, Henry M. Colby, Waldo Pettingill. 

1888. Floras H. Bartlett, Henry M. Colby, Waldo Pettingill. 

1889. Wm. H. Farnum, Henry M. Coll^y, Waldo PettingUl. 

The statement in Chapter one, and also tliat in Mr. Gould's brief 
sketch of the town, with regard to the east line of Rumford, is 
somewhat misleading. The east line of Rumford is straight, while 
the course of Swift river is more or less meandering in its course. 
The mouth of Swift river is wholly in Mexico, but a short distance 
above the mouth the river is in Rumford. The bridge across the 
river on the road leading from Rumford Falls to Mexico Corner is 

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242 HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 

in Rumt'ord, but a short distance above the bridge the river is again 
wholly in Mexico, and at the northeast corner of Rumford it is 
nearly two miles distant toward the east. In making measurements 
to ascertain the center of Rumford, Swift river was referred to as 
one of the easterly starting points, but only in places does it form 
the easterly line of the town. 

Mr. Chaplin Virgin, who was long in business at Rumford Falls, 
furnishes a list of persons who have engaged in different branches 
of business, which will hereafter be of great value for reference. 
A portion of it has been given before, but for the sake of having it 
all together for convenient reference, that portion is repeated. 

Traders. Alvan Bolster, Isaac N. Stanley, Lyman Bolster, 
Alonzo Wilson, M. W. Kimball, Dennison Marble, Wm. W. Stevens 
and Uriah Virgin. 

Blacksmiths. William Morse, David F. Adams, Peter D. 
Brackett, Cyrus Small, Nathan Handy, Nathan Ethridge, Joseph 
Arnold, Loring Glover, Abraham Maxfield and Mr. Sargent. 

Hotel IvEErERS. Levi Abbot, John B. Leach, Benjamin H. 
Blanchard, A. W. Adams, J. A. Stockbridge, Moses T. Cross and 
Mr. AVinslow. 

MiLLMEN. Stephen Putnam, Rufus Virgin, Nathan Knapp, 
Enoch Knapp, David Knapp, Jonathan A. Virgin, Chaplin Virgin, 
Abbot Virgin, Scott Hall, B. F. Reed, D. F. Putnam, Levi Moody, 
Levi Abbot, David DoUoff, Seth Puffer, Albion K. Knapp, A. B. 
Swain and Hiram Ricker. 

Carriage Works. Chaplin Virgin, David Elliot, Marble and 
Thompson, A. G. Richardson, E. C. Allen, Horace and Frank 
Holman, Leonard Woods, Samuel Wing and Leavitt C. Virgin. 

Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing. Lewis Cole, William 
Walcot, John Harris, Moses T. Cross and Thomas Prince. 

Shoe Makers. J. P. Small, J. A. Stockbridge and B. L. Knapp. 

Clover Mills. Simon Stevens, Hiram Hubbard. 

Starch Mills. J. W. Bennett and J. A. Plaisted. 

Chair Maker. Henry Smith. 

Potash. Haines Eastman. 

Axe Maker. B. C. Perry. 

Box Makers. J. W. Bennett, Henry Smith. 

Among the Rumford graduates from College is John F. Elliot, 
son of Rev. John Elliot of the Congregational church. He gradu- 



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ated at Bowdoiu College in the class of 1873, and ever since has 
been engaged in teaching. He has taught at Lawrence, Mass , 
Academy as sub-master, taught the Winchendon, Mass., Hio-h 
School, and as principal of the Grammar School at Hyde Pai'k 
Mass., since 1876 to 1889. He was elected Principal of the Hill 
School at East Boston September 11, 1889, with the rank of Master 
Mana Danforth Elliot, a sister of the above, a graduate of Welles- 
ley College in the class of 1881, was a fine scholar and a lady of 
remarkable depth of mind and character. She taught in high 
schools at Beverly, Mass., three years, at Arlington, Mass., two 
years, and at Washington D. C, two years. She was an excellent 
teacher, a constant inspiration to her pupils, and won the confidence 
ot all. She died in Rumford July 4, 1886. 

The name of Sullivan R. Hutchins was by mistake omitted from 
the list of Rumford lawyers. The fact is, Mr. Hutchins engaged 
in other pursuits so long, and commenced the study of law at so 
late a period in life, that the writer of these pages had never asso- 
c,a ed hnn with the legal profession. He spent several years on his 
father s homestead in Bethel where he engaged in teaching, survey- 
ing and farming. Later, he was for some years a Deputy Sheriff, 
dunng all which years he was not a resident of this town but of 
Bethel. After studying law and being admitted to the bar he opened 
an office at Rumford Corner, in the Dr. Fuller house, which he also 
makes h.s place of residence, Though not for many years a citizen 
of Rumford, his name has been associated with it through his an- 
cestor. Deacon Hezekiah Hutchins, from the early settlement of the 
town. 

There were several natives of Rumford who served in the war of 
the Rebellion whose names do not appear in the list as printed in 
chapter twenty-eight. Lester Dwinel, now a prosperous business 
man residing m Bangor, entered the service as First Lieutenant in 
the Fifteenth Maine Regiment, and was promoted to Captain. John 
J. Putnam, now City Clerk of Lewiston, served nearly three years, 
first as Sergeant and subsequently in the commissary department of 
the Seventeenth Maine. Charles Henry and Francis N. Putnam 
served on the quota of Bethel, the former in the Sixteenth Maine 
and died in the rebel prison at Belle Island, and the latter in the 
Twelfth Maine and died as a result of over-exertion in the battle of 
Cedar Creek These three soldiers were the sons of Hiram and 
Clarissa W. (Farnum) Putnam and were all born in Rumford 



244' HISTORY OF RUMFOIiD. 

Samuel, sou of Jouathau Bartlett of lietbel, was boru iu that 
town April 1, 1794. It has already beeu stated that he settled at 
Ruinford Corner and built the house afterward occupied by Joseph 
H. Wardwell as a tavern, and which he also kept as sucli. He 
owned the land at the Corner from the ferry to the Dr. Fuller place, 
and carried on quite extensive farming. He sold out after a few 
years and bought what is now known as the Cotton Elliot place 
below the Center on the south side of the river. In 1835, he sold 
this farm to Cotton Elliot and bought the Aaron Graham farm oppo- 
site the Center, where he spent the remainder of his life, and where 
his two sons now reside. He was a large and prosperous farmer. 
He died June 12, 1837, aged 43 years. He married Sarah J., 
daughter of Joseph Wardwell, who long survived him and died 
November 12, 18G4, aged 70 years. 

In Milton Plantation nearly opposite Ruraford Centre, is a famous 
mineral spring known as the Mount Zircon Spring. It takes its 
name from ]\Iount Zircon near whose base it is found. In the fifties 
this spring was brought to notice by Dexter D. W. Abbot who built 
a large summer hotel near it which was well patronized. But the 
war came on which paralyzed all business, the patronage dropped 
off and finally the house was burned. It is a delightful place, several 
hundred feet above the bed of the river and overlooking a large 
extent of the Androscoggin valley. The water is regarded as equal 
to that of the Poland Springs, and is lilK^rall}' supplied b}' the s))ring. 
Parties have recently purchased the spring and adjoining lands, 
with the view of rebuilding the hotel. It is an enterprise in which 
Kumford people have a deep interest. 

A mystery has ever shrouded the fate of Moses "Wardwell, the 
second son of Joseph Wardwell of this town. He was a master 
mariner and his last voyage was to New Orleans in the barque 
Rumford, named for this town, for which the citizens presented him 
•with a flag. He piloted the vessel into port at New Orleans, thus 
saving the owners tlie usual pilot's fees. He went on shore one 
night to attend the theatre, and from that time, so far as his friends 
could learn who made dilligent search and inquiry, he disappeared 
from mortal sight. Many years have since passed, and in all {)rob- 
ability the mystery will never be explained. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

SKETCHES PERSONAL. 

pILlP ABBOT came to Rumford in 1791, from Concord, N. 
^^ H. He had previously worked for Col. Timothy Walker 
seven years, at the rate of seven dollars per month. He came here 
with an ox team which he had driven all the way from Concord, 
bringing his wife and household goods on a sled. There were no 
roads, and his oxen traveled one before the other, or "tandem," as 
it is said of horses when so driven. During the journey they camped 
nights in the woods, making a bed of hemlock boughs. He was a 
soldier in the war for independence, and was at one time captured 
by the Indians, but succeeded in escaping from them. He was a 
prominent man in town in early Rumford, served on the board of 
selectmen and held other positions of trust and responsibility. He 
married Experience Howe of Bolton, and reared a large family. 
He opened his house as a tavern as early as 1792, and continued to 
entertain travelers for many years. He lived opposite East Rum- 
ford, on the south side of the Great river. 

Nathan Adams, Jr. 

Nathan Adams, Junior, inherited the homestead of his father, or 
rather he became possessed of it long before his father's death, 
taking the property, and upon himself, the care of his parents. 
Like his father, he was industrious, prudent and thrifty, a worthy 
son of a worthy sire. Under his judicious management, the Adams 
farm became one of the most productive farms in town. Mr. Adams 
enlisted in Capt. William AVheeler's regiment of militia that was 
called out for the protection of Portland during the war of 1812, 
and when the regiment was ordered out, INIr. Adams mounted his 
horse and served notice on the members who were widely scattered 
through the towns of Rumford, Andover, Bethel, Newry, Green- 
wood, Norway and Waterford. He held places of honor and trust 
in town, but died when fort\' years of age from the effects of a fall 



246' HISTORY OF JRUMFORD. 

from the great beams of his baru. He married Susan, daughter of 
Ezekiel Merrill of Andover, and had six children. His sudden 
death was a staggering blow to his wife and family, and a great 
loss to the ueio;hl)orliood and town. 



Susan Merrill Adams. 

Mrs. Susan Merrill, wife of Nathan Adams, Jr., was born in 
Andover, Maine, July 13, 1791. Her father, Ezekiel Merrill, came 
there two years previous, and was the first settler. She was the 
first child of English descent, born in Andover. She was early sent 
to school at Fryeburg and at Brunswick, and obtained a good edu- 
cation. She married March 17, 1817, Nathan Adams, Jr., son of 
Nathan Adams who was one of the original proprietors of Andover, 
but who moved to Rumford near the beginning of the present cen- 
tury. They settled upon a tract of land ou the west side of Ellis 
river and near Bethel (now Hanover) line, where father and son 
lived and cleared up one of the best farms in town . In 1828, Nathan 
Adams, Jr., w^as fatally injured by falling from the great beam in 
his liarn, and died soon after. This threw upon the mother the 
entire charge of the family, the oldest child being only about ten 
years of age, and the youngest two. This care and responsibility 
developed in her great force of character. The late John A. Poor, 
himself a native of Andover and well acquainted with Mrs. Adams 
before her marriage, in a notice of her published after her death, 
thus speaks of her: "Like her four sisters, she had great beauty, 
with exhuberant health. All those sisters married j'oung and all 
reared families, well known in different portions of the State. Her 
marriage was an event of importance in the town ; and her natural 
elegance and grace of manner, were fulljM-ecognized in the cultivated 
circle drawn together from this and the neighboring towns on the 
occasion, the hospitalities of which embraced a large family connec- 
tion." Referring to the death of her husband and the responsibility 
which this sad event devolved upon her, Mr. Poor says: "She 
showed prudence, energy, sagacity and skill in the management of 
her affairs that excited universal admiration, and everything pros- 
pered after her husband's death beyond what fould havf biHMi pre- 
viously imagined from her delicate sensibility' and relined organiza- 
tion, which seemed to many to unlit her for the anluous duties sud- 
denly devolved ui)on her. The hospitality which marked her earlier 




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life was continued to a numerous circle of friends and relatives. 
The spacious old house was burned some years ago, and after her 
children had departed, all of them but two, to the other world, the 
farm was sold and she made her home with her daughter who mar- 
ried Dr. George L. Peaslee, at whose house she died, honored and 
beloved by all who knew her. Of Mrs. Adams' religious character 
more might be written than upon any other topic. In early life she 
became connected with the Congregational church, and was, through- 
out the entire period of her residence at Rumford, a constant and 
liberal supporter of it, her interest in which continued to the end, 
though entirely free from all bigotry or sectarian feeling. In the 
vicissitudes of a somewhat eventful life, she never grew impatient 
or uncharitable, more anxious apparently at all times to promote 
the happiness of others than to seek her own gratification, faithful 
and devoted in every relation of life, daughter, wife, mother and 
friend. She welcomed the messenger of death at her appointed 
time, anxious to realize that reward which a life of self sacrifice 
and devotion made sure." Mrs. Adams died in Wilton, Friday, 
May 1, 1868. 

John M. Adams. 

Col. John Milton Adams, son of Nathan and Susan (Merrill) 
Adams, was born on the Adams homestead on the west side of 
Ellis river near its junction with the Androscoggin, September 22, 
1819. He attended the town schools, the Turner High School, at 
Gould's Academy in Bethel and at Bridgton Academy, and gi-adu- 
ated at Gorham Seminary. He subsequently attended a year at the 
College in Saint H^^acinth, Canada, to perfect himself in the French 
language. At seventeen years of age, he commenced to teach school, 
and had charge of schools in Rumford, Bethel, Norway, Westbrook 
and two years in Maryland. He studied law with Fessenden and 
Deblois of Portland, and was admitted to the Cumberland bar in 
1846. He was a law partner at one time, of Hon. John A. Poor and 
subsequently with Judge Clifford. While Hon. John Appleton was 
Secretary of Legation to England, Mr. Adams edited the Eastern 
Argus, and became permanent editor and manager of the paper in 
1857. He traveled in Europe, visiting the principal cities and coun- 
tries, writing numerous letters while abroad which appeared in the 
columns of the Railway Gazette. He became sole owner of the 
Eastern Argus establishment in 1866, and has conducted it since that 



248 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

time. Uuder his able managomeut, the paper has largely increased 
in power and influence, and is the leading organ of the Democratic 
party in the State. iSlv. Adams is an easy and graceful writer, a 
forcible speaker, and in private life, genial and kind hearted. He 
was Orderly Sergeant during the "Aroostook War," aid with the 
rank of Colonel on the staff of Governor John Hubbard, and has 
served most acceptably on the Portland School Board. He was ap- 
pointed Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court, and 
volumes forty-one and forty-two of Maine Reports, are of his com- 
piling. Col. Adams is much interested in rural affairs and connect- 
ed with his beautiful home in Deering, are several acres of land — 
mowing, tillage, orchard and woodland, of which he takes personal 
charge. He delights in working the soil and in serving his guests 
with vegetables and fruit of his own raising. He is fond of flori- 
culture, and in a small pond on his premises, in its season, may be 
seen the beautiful pink lily, a native of Sandwich on Cape Cod. 
His life is a very busy one, but Col. Adams loves work. Besides 
the oversight of a daily and weekly paper of which he is sole pro- 
prietor, he has many other business interests to look after, and still 
finds time to look after his family and farm. He visits the Argus 
office every morning, and returning puts on the overalls and engages 
in any work that may demand his attention. In this garb, few 
would suspect him of being the editor and manager of a great party 
paper. A tramp came along one day and seeing Col. Adams in his 
working clothes, inquired what pay he received for his work. "Only 
my board and clothes," replied Mr. Adams. "Well," said the 
tramp, "if I were going to work for such wages, I should want 
better clothes than you have on." Col. Adams likes to see his 
friends, and whenever one visits him at his charming home, from 
him and his amial)le and excellent wife, he is sure of receiving old- 
fashioned hospitality. His attachment for his native town and the 
spot where he was born, has not been diminished since he went 
out from the old homestead, and "the world was all before him 
where to choose," and to him more tlian to any other, is due the 
publication of this volume of records :in<l reminiscences of Rumford. 

Ai.vAN Bolster. 

General Alvan Bolster, son of Isaac, Jr. and Hannah (Ciishman) 
Bolster, was born in Paris Decoml)er 7, 179.'>. Wiien he became of 
age he went to New Brunswick where he remained a cou[)le of years 




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HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 249 

when he returned and entered the store of his uncle at Rumford 
Point. Afterwards he moved to East Rumford where and at the 
Falls, he was in trade for many years. He also engaged in farm- 
ing, working one of the best farms in town. He was Postmaster 
at East Rumford for many years. He was often in town office and 
enjoyed the confidence of his townspeople to the last. He served 
as representative to the Legislature and was twice elected State 
Senator. He was interested in military affairs and held various 
offices as shown by the chapter on military affairs. He became a 
strong temperance man, and was a leader in the organization known 
as the Sons of Temperance, both in town, county and State. He 
was also an active Free Mason. In religious ])elief he was a Meth- 
odist, and an active member and liberal supporter of tliis denomina- 
tion. He was an upright and honest man, industrious, prudent and 
thrifty, and interested in every movement calculated to benefit the 
people of his town. He was an active Republican, and when the 
war broke out, and southern states seceded, he advocated the war for 
the restoration of the union at whatever cost. But he did not live to 
witness that glorious consummation, and died December 8, 1862, 
during the darkest and most discouraging period of the war. Gen- 
eral Bolster married Cynthia, daughter of Colonel William Wheeler, 
and his family record is elsewhere. 

Mrs. Cynthia Bolster, wife of General Alvan Bolster, and daughter 
of Colonel William Wheeler, whose portrait appears opposite that 
of her husband, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, but came 
when a child to Rumford with her parents. She taught school after 
she had acquired a good common school education, but was married 
when less than twenty years of age. She was an exemplary woman, 
an excellent wife and mother, performing faithfully her duties to 
her family, to the Christian church, and to the community in which 
she lived. She survived her husband some seventeen years and 
died in Poland Sept. 26, 1879. 

William W. Bolster. 

Hon. William W. Bolster was born in Rumford July 6, 1823. 
He attended the common schools of Rumford, was a student at 
Bethel Academy and at Peacham, Vermont. He read law in the 
office of Randall and Walton of Dixfield, attended the Harvard law 
school and was admitted to the bar in 1847, and commenced practice 



250 HISTOBY OF liUMFORD. 

at East Runiford where he remained until 1852. He then moved 
to Dixfield and remained there twenty years. While here, he was 
Justice of the Peace, Notary Public and for several years on the 
school board. He served as clerk in the office of Secretary of State 
for several years, a portion of the time as Commission Clerk, and 
•afterwards had charge of the engrossing department. He was for 
six years State's Attorney for Oxford County, served two terms in 
the State Senate, the last as president of that body. Served also as 
Bank Examiner and as a member of the Executive Council in 1883- 
4. He was Lieutenant and Captain of the Rumford Light Infantry 
and Division Inspector on the staff of General AVllliam Wirt Virgin. 
Mr. Bolster has been an active Free Mason, and an efficient worker 
in the temperance cause, through various organizations for the pro- 
motion of the same. After moving to Auburn in October, 1872, he 
served two years as alderman and three years as city solicitor. He 
has compiled several law ])ooks, including the "Tax Collector and 
Farm Book," an "Invoice and Valuation Book" and the "Highway 
Surveyor's Book." As may well be supposed, his life has been a 
l)usy one, and he has achieved marked success. He is President of 
the Little Androscoggin Water Power Company', and of the Maine 
Mortgage Loan Company of which he was the organizer. He is 
also a trustee of the Reform School. Mr. Bolster has been twice 
married and his family record is elsewhere. 

James H. Faunum. 

James Harvey Faruuni, son of David and Dorcas (Wheeler) 
Farnum, was born in Rumford August 1, 1807. He attended the 
common schools and also received private instruction, so that he 
had a good English education. He taught school in his early man- 
hood, but soon went into trade with General Bolster at the Falls. 
He traded here and also at other places in town, and at one time 
was proprietor of the tavern at Rumford Corner. He also engaged 
in farming and speculated more or less in cattle and sheep. He 
was often in town office, was sent to the Legislature and was elected 
and served as State Senator. He moved to Bryant's Pond before 
1856, and was in trade with Charles P. Knight. While here he 
also dealt in cattle and sheep. He was a genial, kind hearted man, 
and a good neighbor and citizen. He died of typhoid fever prior 
to 1860. 




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George L. Farnum. 

Among the Rumford young men who started out in life with bril- 
liant prospects, but who was cut down in early manhood, was the 
man whose name stands at the head of this notice. George L. 
Farnum, son of George J. and Hannah F. (Jackson) Farnum, was 
born in Rumford February 9, 1844. He was a bright scholar and 
early decided on going to college and preparing himself for one of 
the learned professions. He attended the common and high schools 
■of Rumford and finished his preparatory course at Hebron Acad- 
emy. Before entering college, he decided to serve a term of enlist- 
ment in the war of the Rebellion which was then going on, and 
became a private in the Eleventh Massachusetts Volunteers in 
March, 1864. His first baptism of fire and his last, was in the 
battle of the Wilderness where he was severely wounded, resulting 
in the loss of the use of one of his hands. He entered Colby Uni- 
versity in 1866, and graduated with the class of 1870. He studied 
law at the home of his parents in Rumford and graduated from the 
Albany, New York, law school. He had previously taught the 
high schools of Ellsworth and Augusta, but this was only to obtain 
means to pursue his legal studies. He commenced the practice of 
law in company with Henry Upton of Norway. He was at once 
recognized as a young man of ability, and his prospects as an 
attorney were most flattering. He had planted well but the fruit 
was not to be gathered by him. After a year or two, his health 
began to fail, and late in 1876 he was obliged to return to his 
father's house in Rumford where he died June 18, 1877, of Bright's 
disease of the kidneys. His classmates noticed his death in a series 
of eulogistic resolutions, and the Oxford Bar in a similar manner. 
He left hosts of friends to mourn his early death, and no enemies. 

Francis Ketes. 

Francis Keyes, Esq., one of the pioneers of Rumford, and one of 
its most useful citizens, was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Oct. 13, 
1765. He came with his father to Sudbury, Canada, now Bethel, 
when he was nine j^ears old. His father, Jonathan Keyes, began a 
settlement in Bethel as early as 1774 or earlier, and his two sons, 
Ebenezer and Francis were there with him. The father returned to 
Shrewsbury one fall, leaving his boj's in the care of the Indians, 
intending soon to return, but circumstances prevented him from 



252 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

returuing until spring, and during the long, dreary winter these but 
little more than children remained in the forest, many miles from 
any white settlers and with no companionship but the savages. 
Francis Keyes was twelve years old when his father came to Rum- 
ford. His means of education were limited but he improved them 
to the best advantage and when the town was incorporated, he was 
chosen clerk, as he had also been of the plantation. He was a sur- 
veyor, a Justice of the Peace and a conveyancer. Many of the 
early deeds of Rumford lauds were written by him. He was a 
useful citizen of the new town, and had a hand in managing its 
affairs as long as he lived. His remains are buried on the old Keyes 
homestead, since known as the Timoth}' AValker farm, and no stone 
marks his last resting place. Here also are interred the remains of 
his father, Jonathan Keyes, his mother, Sarah (Ta^dor) Keyes, and 
several of his children. Should not the descendants of these worthy 
people, see that some suitable monument is erected to mark the last 
resting place of the first settler of Rumford and his family? 



MosKs F. Kimball. 

Moses F. Kimball, better known as "P>squire Moses," son of Asa 
and Phebe (Foster) Kiml)all, who were early settlers of Bridgtou 
and Bethel, settled at Rumford Point where he was long in trade 
and also engaged more or less in farming. He was i)rominent in 
town, often in town office, a Justice of the Peace when that office 
was of some importance, and served a term in the Maine Legislature. 
He died October 8, 18.54, aged 64 years, and his remains repose in 
the cemetery at Rumford Point. He married Mary, daughter of 
Josiah and JMoll}' (Crocker) Bean of Bethel, who survived him and 
died March ;)0, 1884, at the great age of 1)2 years, and "2 months. 
The ferry between Rumford Point and Rumford Corner was known 
as "Kimball's Ferry" as early as 18H». ]Moses F. Kiml):ill and 
Porter Kimball l)eing early proprietors. There is evidence that Mr. 
Kimliall adopted the middle initial letter of his name after he came 
to Rumford. Deeds and other instiiinn'nts wiiile \w lived in Ik'thel 
were signed without this middle letter. When he came to Rumford 
there was a Moses Kiml)all already here, and to distinguish them, 
he doubtless adopted the initial "F." 



IIISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 253 

Porter Kimball. 

Porter Kimball was the sou of Peter Kimball of Bradford, Mass., 
and was born in that town May 19, 1793. He came with the family 
to Bridgton, and about the year 181 G, he and his twin brother, 
Peter Kimball, Jr., bought adjoining lots on the Rum ford aud Paris 
road. Peter's was on Hamlin's Gore and Porter's in Bethel. Porter 
Kimball was a blacksmith and December 24, 1821, he sold his farm 
to Abijah Lapham of Bnckfield and moved to Rumford Poiut where 
he ever after resided. He was a good workman, a man of much 
energy and perseverance and did a large and lucrative business. He 
built the mansion house now occupied b}' Dr. Hiram F. Abbot, and 
here he lived many years, and died. He was a good citizen and 
much respected by his townspeople. His mother was Luc}^ Barker 
of Bradford, aud his father, Peter Kimball, was the son of Francis 
Kimball, whose wife was Mary Head. He married Nancy, daughter 
of Asa and Phebe (Foster) Kimball of Bethel, who survived him 
and became the second wife of Hon. Peter C. Virgin. His family 
record may be found elsewhere. 

William W. Kimhall. 

Perhaps no native born citizen of Rumford has achieved greater 
success in business than William Wallace Kimball of Chicago. He 
is the son of David and Lucy W. (Wheeler) Kimball, and was born 
in Rumford, March 22, 1828. He was educated in the common 
schools, was clerk in a store in Rumford, and when twenty-one years 
of age, he went to Boston and found emploj'ment in a store in that 
city. In 18.53 he went to Iowa and engaged in the insurance and 
real estate business in the town of Decorah. After a few years 
there he removed to Chicago, and his first business there was to 
exchange some real estate in Decorah for a lot of pianos. This 
transaction, insignificant of itself, laid the foundation of his future 
business career. He determined to engage in the manufacture of 
pianos, and the splendid success which has followed shows that he 
determined wisely and well. In October, 1871, liis place of 1>usi- 
ness was destroyed by fire, and his loss was heavy. But he was by 
no means discouraged, though his loss was more than a hundred 
thousand dollars. Some idea of the extent of his business may be 
had from the fact that in 1880 he sold twelve thousand jDiauos. In 
1881, he extended his business to the manufacture of organs, aud 



254 HISTORY OF liUMFOED. 

in a short time tlie factory was turuing out forty tiuished instru- 
ments a day. In July, 1882, Mr. Kimball put his entire business 
into a stock compan}' of which he was chosen president. Since that 
time the business has increased until it is one of the largest estab- 
lishments of the kind in the country. All the work is done in the 
factory and a small army of skilled workmen are employed in the 
various branches of the business. His aim has been and this he 
has achieved, to manufacture for the least money, the best instru- 
ments produced for the American market. Among his friends in 
the trade, and in the social circle, Mr. Kimball is held in high 
esteem, and is looked up to as one of the best and most successful 
business men in the great western metropolis. The present busi- 
ness (1889) of the company is fifty organs a day and fifty pianos 
a week, and five hundred men are employed. 



Charles A. Kimball. 

One of the most energetic and successful business men ever raised 
up in Rumford, is Charles A. Kimball who was born at Rum ford 
Point, Dec. 10, 1816, and has always lived there. He developed 
business traits very early ; was a school teacher when he was but 
fifteen years of age, and a merchant some years before he was 
twenty one. He was trained to business in his father's store, and 
took naturally to it, and when the father became tired of mercantile 
pursuits, the son took it off his hands. He was in general trade at 
the Point for more than fifty years. Resides business conducted at 
the store, he has kept a tavern, owned the ferry, done more or less 
farming, dealt in real estate and cattle, engaged in politics, served 
in the Maine Legislature, been a civil magistrate and postmaster, 
and at different times, has held all the principal town ollices. He 
gave up the store to his son some years ago, but is still engaged in 
other business. 

Charles H. Kimhall. 

Charles Henry Kimball, son of Porter and Nancy (Kimball) 
Kimball, born in Rumford December 25, 1828, commenced his 
career as a teacher of public schools, when only seventeen years old. 
He was a good scholar and had a natural tact for teaching, though 
he never thought of this as a life business. The last school he 



HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 2ob- 

taught in Maine was at Harrison Village in the winter of 1849-50. 
In 1850, he went to New York and secured a position as teacher in 
a large boarding school, situated on the Hudson near where Major 
Andre was captured. His father having died in the summer of 
1851, he returned to Rumford and spent a couple of years in settling 
the estate. He then again went to New York and taught two years 
in the Mechanic's Institute on Chambers street. He was then 
elected principal of public school number fourteen in Brooklyn, 
where he remained two years, when he became principal of Ward 
School number two in Henry street. New York. Here he remained 
for eight years, having the supervision of about thirty teachers and 
a salary of twelve hundred dollars. During the Lincoln campaign 
in the autumn of 1860, he first became interested in politics, and in 
1861 he was chosen alderman in the largest and most influential 
ward in Brooklyn. He was re-elected in 1863, his two terms of 
service covering the entire period of the war. This service brought 
him in contact with many prominent men which proved of great 
service in after years. In 1864, the school board of Brooklyn which 
had been non-partisan, became strictly democratic, and Mr. Kimball 
was removed, although his success as a teacher and school manager 
was duly acknowledged. He was removed solely on political grounds. 
About this time, and largely through his influence, a law was enacted 
in New York, prohibiting school boards from removing teachers on 
account of their religious belief or political bias, and this law is still 
in force. 

But Mr. Kimball's removal from his position in the school, proved 
a blessing rather than otherwise. He immediately commenced busi- 
ness in Wall street as a stock and bond broker, and for twenty-five 
years has been doing a successful business. For fourteen years 
the firm name was C. H. Kimball & Co., and since that time it has 
been Kimball, Howell & Co. For ten years past, he has been inti- 
mately associated with the development of the now famous winter 
and spring resort at Lakewood, New Jersey, having been president 
of the Lakewood Hotel and Land Association since its organization 
in 1879. During all these years of business activity and prosperity, 
Mr. Kimball has ever felt a warm regard for the people of the county 
and State in which he was born and reared, and has contributed 
liberally to aid in preserving the reminiscences of his native town. 



256 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

John Kolfe. 

Jolm Rolfe, son of Benjainiu Kolfe, born in Concord, N. H., 
March 7, 1785, was attending the town school in Concord when his 
father witli his family was ready to start for Rumford in the winter 
of 1794-5. Young Rolfe, who fully realized the very limited ad- 
vantages for schooling in the new couutr}' to which they were emi- 
grating, asked to be allowed to remain and pursue his studies until 
the close of the winter term of school. This request was readily' 
granted by his parents but with the understanding that he was to 
make his way to Rumford as best he could as soon as his school 
closed. In the following spring, 1794, when young Rolfe was not 
quite ten 3'ears of age, he shouldered his pack of provisions and 
started, on foot and alone over this long, strange, dreary journey, 
hoping that in some way and at some time to be able to penetrate 
the forests, to follow the uncertain bridle-paths and blazed roads, 
across hills and mountains and streams until he should finally reach 
the camp of his father in the then almost unbroken forests of Rum- 
ford. These were the days of sturdy pioneers, ready to do and 
dare all things, but who can tell the joy and thanksgiving which 
were felt and heard in that new made camp on the banks of the 
Androscoggin, when young Rolfe, weary, foot-sore and travel worn, 
pushed back the rude door and was recognized by the family within. 
Mr. Rolfe married IJetsey Abbott, and settled on a wild lot on 
the west side of Ellis river, three miles aliove Rumford Point. He 
cleared up a good farm and spent the remainder of his days here. 
He died April 23, 1854. 

Enoch C. Rolfe. 

Dr. Enoch Carter Rolfe, eldest child of John Rolfe and Betsey 
(Abbott) Rolfe, was born in Rumford April IG, 1812. He studied 
medicine with the late Dr. Simeon Fuller of Rumford, and gradu- 
ated from the Maine Medical School in the class of 1838. He 
married Emeline, daughter of James Small, Es(i., of Rumford, May 
16, 1?^39, and commenced the practice of medicine at Earmingtou 
Falls, Me., the same year. He remained there until 1849, when he 
removed his family to Boston, Mass., where he continued the practice 
of medicine. He left a fine practice at Farmington, and went to 
lioston that his children might have the advantages of Boston 
schools. Dr. Rolfe became at once greatly interested in the Boston 




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schools, was a member of the school board for twenty-five consecu- 
tive years. He was also Professor of Physiology and Hygiene in 
Tufts College in 1851-5, and a member of the General Court of 
Massachusetts in 1857-8. He was selected Chairman of the com- 
mittee for re-districting the State, a very important committee. Of 
his three children, all born in Farmington, George, the eldest, died 
when a young man, Henry graduated at Harvard College, and is now 
living in Virginia City, Nevada, while his twin sister, Emma, is the 
wife of George P. Eustis, Esq., of Boston. Dr. Rolfe died in 
Boston March 27, 1875. 

John Abbot Rolfe. 

The subject of this sketch, son of John and Betsey Abbot Rolfe, 
was boi'n July 2, 1824, on the west bank of Ellis river, midway 
between Rumford Point and the Andover line. He spent his child- 
hood and youth until eighteen years of age, on the old homestead, 
then went to Portland, where he served an apprenticeship of three 
years with Messrs. Larrabee and Dyer, who were at that time prom- 
inent carpenters and builders in that city, spending his spare time 
in studying the art of drafting and architecture. After completing 
his apprenticeship he was foreman for the firm one year, when he 
entered business for himself associating with him Mr. Samuel H. 
Robins, under the firm name of Rolfe and Robins. At the end of 
one year Mr. Robins was taken sick, and after six months died. 
This sickness and death absorbed the little money they had made 
during the short time they had been in the business, and young 
Rolfe accepted an offer from the late Francis O. J. Smith, who was 
at that time building a theatre on Union street, Portland. On the 
completion of this building it was leased to Boston's celebrated 
tragedian, Joseph Proctor. Mr. Rolfe, having had charge of the 
building of the stage and all its machinery and traps, was now em- 
ployed by Mr. Proctor as stage carpenter and machinist, which he 
continued to the close of Mr. Proctor's lease of one year. His 
health being impaired, by advice of Portland physicians, he went to 
Philadelphia and placed himself in the hands of Dr. Joseph Jackson. 

It was in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1851, and in the parlor of Henry 
Ward Beecher, that Mr. Rolfe, being then on his way to Philadel- 
phia, was married to Mary M., daughter of the late Capt. Theophilus 
Thompson of Freeport, Me. He proceeded to Philadelphia with his 
wife where they remained one year. In the fall of 1852, with health 



258 IIlSTOItY OF RUMFORD. 

fully restored, he returned to Boston, entered the furniture business 
as salesman for the late John W. Blauchard, and remained with 
him until 1861. In 1862 he established himself in a general insur- 
ance business, and during the past quarter of a century has been 
well known in business and insurance circles. When the great fire 
of 1872, swept away a large part of Boston business houses, this 
agency had about tliree hundred thousand dollars at risk on their 
books, and every man got a hundred cents on the dollar and got it 
promptly. From 187i», until he was removed by death Sept. Oth, 
1884, his son, Frank Rolfe, was associated with him in business. 
He purchased a house at Wellington, in the town of Medford, three 
and a half miles from Boston, in the spring of 1866, to which he 
moved his family on the 9th of May of that year, and where they 
still reside. 

Janette (Bolster) Rickek. 

Mrs. Janette Wheeler, daughter of General Alvan Bolster and 
wife of Hiram Ricker, was born in Rnmford June 3, 1821. Like 
her mother she followed school teaching after she had finished her 
education until she was married when twenty-five years of age. 
They remained in Rumford a short time after their marriage and 
were here with one child when the census of 1850 was taken. But 
she spent most of her married life in Poland and had a large share 
in developing the famous Poland Springs which have become a 
mine of wealth to her family, and the most popular summer resort in 
the State of Maine. She was a woman of uncommon executive 
ability, of untiring perseverance, and besides these, she possessed 
in a marked degree all those qualities which go to make up the true 
woman. She was very popular with the guests of the house, and 
idolized by her children. She died September 23, 1883, having 
lived to see the Poland Springs resort, in which she always had 
unbounded faith, a complete success. Her three sons, Edward P., 
Hiram, Jr. and Alvan B. are now the proprietors and managers of 
the great business which she and her husband started and developed. 
She also had three daughters, Cynthia Ella, Sarah L. and Nettie M. 

Benjamin P. Snow. 

Rev. Benjamin Poor Snow was born in the parsonage house at 
Rumford, February 14, 1831. His father, Samuel S. Snow, moved 
with his family to a farm on Ellis river where he lived until about 




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1852, when he moved to Saeearappa. The wife of Samuel S. Snow 
was Mary Stevens, daughter of Ezra Hoyt. The subject of this 
notice attended the common schools in Kumford, and after his 
father moved to Srccarappa, he worked in the paper mill there and 
carried on his studies at home during his spare hours. He attended 
two terms at Norway Liberal Institute and entered Colby University 
with the class of 1855. Remaining here a year, he left and went to 
Bowdoin College from which he was graduated. His rank in college 
is shown in the fact that he was tutor at Bowdoin three years. He 
graduated from the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1861. He 
engaged in teaching at Fryeburg and in Massachusetts until 1870, 
when his health became impaired. He decided that he must change 
his occupation to one that would allow of more out-of-door exercise, 
and accordingly accepted the pastorate of the Congregational church 
in North Yarmouth, and was ordained in 1870. He was there as 
pastor three 3'ears, at Alfred seven years, and at Houlton three 
years. He was then Superintendent of the Biddeford Schools two 
years, when he accepted the pastorate of the church at Cape P^liza- 
beth, where he yet resides. For some years, while performing other 
duties, he was connected with the press and is a member of the 
Maine Press Association. Mr. Snow is a ripe scholar, was an en- 
thusiastic and successful teacher, and has always had a deep interest 
in educational affairs. He is Secretary of the State Sabbath School 
Convention, and during the summer of 1889 he visited Europe in 
the interest of that organization. He married August 26, 1862, 
Annie Louisa Chandler of New Sharon. 



Timothy Walker. 

Hon. Timothy Walker, son of Charles and Hannah (Pickering) 
Walker, and grandson of Col. Timothy Walker, the principal grantee 
of Rumford, was born in Concord, N. H., July 10, 1813. In early 
manhood he came to Rumford to look after the large interests of the 
family in Rumford lands. He became possessed of the farm, the 
first settled in town by Jonathan Keyes, and here he spent the 
remainder of his years. This is one of the best farms in town. 
Though possessed of large means, Mr. Walker lived in unpretentious 
style, in a one story house, and was plain and simple in all his hab- 
its. He was fond of agriculture, and labored hard upon his farm 
whenever he could be relieved from other business cares. He served 



260 HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 

with credit in both branches of the Maine Legislature, and was much 
in town oflice. He was also a director in several inonied institu- 
tions both in and out of the county. He married April 16, 1835, 
Luna, daughter of David Abbot, and his family record is elsewhere. 
He was honest in his dealings with mankind, and his word was as 
good as his bond. His charitable deeds were many, but performed 
in such a quiet way that the beneficiary rarely knew whence the aid 
came. He was a man of very decided convictions, and one not 
easily deceived by pretentions. He was opposed to slavery, in 
favor of temperance and prohibition of the liquor traffic, a Uuiver- 
salist in religious belief, but tolorant of other forms of faith. He 
died January 25, 1882, and a fine granite monument marks his last 
resting place, in the cemetery at Rumford Corner. Mr. "Walker 
had a wonderfully retentive memory and the way he could recall 
days, dates and events even of minor importance, was truly marvel- 
ous. There were comparatively few who had his entire confidence 
but that favored few were fortunate. He had it in his power to 
assist such in various ways. He was open and fair-handed in all 
his transactions, and believed that honesty and integrity should 
characterize the proceedings of political parties : any deviation from 
this met with the sternest rebuke. He aided in organizing the Re- 
pul)lican party and was for many years a pillar of strength in town, 
county and State. During the late war, he was untiring in his 
efforts to have the quotas of the town promptly filled, and was ever 
ready to advance money to promote that object. 

Charles "Walker. 

Hon. Charles AValker, son of Hon. Timothy "Walker, was born in 
Rumford and spent his youth and early manhood in that town. 
"When his father moved temporarily to Lewiston, he came with the 
family but did not return to Rumford. He studied law and estab- 
lished himself in Lewiston where he has since resided. He has 
been honored with the office of mayor of the city, and was appointed 
by President Cleveland, postmaster of Lewiston, which position he 
still holds. He is a square business man and held in high esteem 
by men of both parties in the city of his adoption. He is still loyal 
to his native town where his mother and sisters reside, and has 
rendered material aid and encouragement in the publication of this 
volume. He married Augusta Patience, daughter of Orra and 
Phebe (Bumpus) Hall of Paris. 




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Joseph Wakdwell. 

Joseph Wardwell was boru in Andover, Mass., January 29, 1759, 
and was the son of Joshua and Mary Wardwell of that ancient town. 
He entered the Colonial service at the beginning of the Revolution, 
a mere boy, and served through the war. He entered as a private 
but was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served in the corps com- 
manded by General Lafayette, He was in all the great battles of 
the long war, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry and 
bravery. A sword presented him by General Lafayette for con- 
spicuous bravej' at the siege of Yorktown is still preserved in the 
family. At the close of the war, Mr. Wardwell found himself poor 
and so illiterate that he could not read a chapter in the Bible. The 
time when he naturally would have been at school was spent in the 
service of his country. But with characteristic energj^, he engaged 
in study and graduated with honor from Phillips Andover Academy. 
He married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Moses Hemmenway, D. D. of 
Wells, and moved quite early to Andover, Me., and from thence to 
a farm at North Turner which he purchased of Rev. John Strickland. 
Here he kept a public house and was a farmer. When quite ad- 
vanced in years he came to Rumford and here he died March 5, 
1849. His oldest son, Joseph H. Wardwell, died about the same 
time, and both were buried the same day. When General Lafayette 
visited Andover years after the war was over, he was thus addressed 
by Lieut. Wardwell : 

"General Lafayette : I served in the Light Infantry under you in 
two campaigns, the last in Vii'ginia. I hold in my hand the war- 
worn feather which you presented me at Oraugetown in the Jerseys, 
where Major Andrew, the British Adjutant General, was executed. 
The red top of the feather was taken off by a musket ball when I 
was at the abattis storming the first of the two redoubts before 
Yorktown, carried at the point of the bayonet, being led on by 
Colonel Jainott, that illustrious Frenchman. General, this is my 
son who now enjoys the liberties, together with his mother, brother 
and sisters, for which j'ou hazarded your life, endured the hardships 
of war, sleeping on the cold ground in a land of strangers. These 
eyes bear witness to all this. I most ardently hope that the citizens 
of America will never be so lost to ever}'^ sentiment of gratitude as 
to forget that the soil of their country was stained by the precious 
blood of Frenchmen to purchase the liberties which they now enjoy 



262 HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

and have enjoyed for half a century." General Lafayette replied 
in fitting terms and the meeting between these former comrades in 
arms was verj' affecting. Mr. Wardwell was a member of the Cin- 
cinnati and a pensioner. lie was proud of his military record, as 
well he might be, and delighted in relating incidents connected with 
his service. He was a gentleman of the old school, erect and dig- 
nified, yet affable and kind hearted, and a favorite with both old 
and young. 

John R. Wood. 

John Richardson Wood, son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Kidder) 
Wood, born Sept. 1, 1826, spent his youth upon liis father's farm 
in Rumford, but in 1850, he struck out for himself and went to New 
York, Here he learned the trade of a jeweller and set up in busi- 
ness for himself, making a specialty of the manufacture of gold 
rings. From a small beginning his business has gradually increased 
until it has now reached large proportions. His factory and dwell- 
ing house are in Brooklyn, but his store is in John street. New 
York City. Mr. AYood is widely known and his work has an excel- 
lent reputation. He may be set down as one of Rumford's success- 
ful business men, and his success is not due more to his energy and 
perseverance than to his honest}^ and fair dealiug. He married in 
the autumn of 1861, Louisa, daughter of Judge Lyman Rawson of 
Rumford. They have had four sons, three of whom are living, and 
tw^o are in company with their father. 




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CHAPTER XXXVII. 



INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 



Adams, Enoch, of E. Andover, and Lydia Moody of Newburj^, 1802. 
Abbot, Jacob, and Betsey Knapj) of Dixtield, Dec. 19, 1803. 
Adams, John E., and Sally Moody of E. Andover, Sept. 1824. 
Adams, Enoch Jr., and Lucy Strickland of E. Andover, March 26, 1807. 
Adams, Joseph, of Andover, and Betsey Farnura, March 12, 1812. 
Abbot, Levi, and Harriet Eastman, Feb. 20, 1813. 
Abbot, Nathaniel, and Sabrina Morse, Feb. 21, 1813. 
Austin, Joel, and Esther Farnum, Sept. 2, 1813. 
Ackley. Wra., and Deborah Capen, Nov. 21, 1815. 
Adams, Moses, of Andover, and Dorcas Farnum, July 4, 1817. 
Adams, Nathan Jr , and Susan Merrill of Andover, January 10, 1817. 
Abbot, Eben, and Catheiine Farnum, Oct. 15, 1819. 
Abbot, David, 2d and Azubah Morse, July 28, 1821. 
Abbot, Enos Jr., and Polly E. Hutchins, Dec. 9, 1821. 
Abbot, Hazen F., and Hannah Martin, May 5, 1822. 
_Ackley, John, of No. 2, and Vesta Abbot, Nov. 10, 1822. 
Abbot, Stephen, and Lucy Mansur, Sept. 15, 1823. 
Abbot, David, 3d and Anna Harper, March 27, 1824. 
Abbot, Levi, and Vashti Wheeler, January 2, 1825. 
Abbot, Nathan, and Betsey Wood, Apr. 2, 1825. 
Atkins, Nathaniel, of Livermore, and Sally Parkei-, Oct. 29, 1826. 
Abbot, David, and Sallj' Crommet of Clinton, March 24, 1827. 
Abbot, Edmund, and Mary A. Eolfe, Dec. 13, 1829. 
Abbot, Chandler, and Charity Dur^in, May 14, 1831. 
Abbot, David, and Mrs. Betsey Knight of Bethel, March 6, 1833. 
Abbot, Gideon Colson, and Cervilla Barker, Oct. 21, 1833. 
Austin, Justus, of Peru, and Lydia Hall, Nov. 18, 1833. 
Adams, David F., and Dorcas Glines, Apr. 6, 1834. 
Abbot, Stephen H., and Sarah J. Small, Nov. 7, 1835. 

Adams, Col. John E., of Cleveland, O., and Sophia Jones, March 26, 1836. 
Adams, Wm. 2d, of Andover, and Lucinda Hall, Apr. 16, 1838. 
Ackley, Joseph, and Mary Brown, Feb. 23, 1839. 
Andrews, Joseph E., and Vienna Elliot of Bethel, June 26, 1839. 
Abbot, Benj. E., and Mahala F. Godwin, Sept. 8, 1840. 
Abbot, Samuel V., and Mary W. Kyle, Apr. 22, 1843. 
Ackley, John, and Miss Mary Penley of Paris, Oct. 8, 1843. 
Adams, Wai-ren M., and Adrian Washburne, Nov. 17. 1844. 



2G4 HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

Abbot, Henry Jr., and Kosilla W. Hall, Feb. 7, 1847. 

Aekley, James B., and Sarah Hardy, Sept. 21, 1847. 

Abbot, Aaron J., of Andover. Marcia S. Kipley, Y<ih. 9, 1849. 

Abbot, Hezekiah H., and Martha T. Lovejoy, Oct. 30, 1851. 

Abbot. Asa A., and Julia O. Godwin, Apr. 25, 1852. 

Abbot, Wni. H., and Mary A. Philbrk-k, Dec. 17, 1852. 

Abbot, Edwin ]{., and Betsey M. Kipley, Dec. 5, 185.3. 

Abbot, Henry Jr., and ('. Augusta AVaite of Dixfield, March 1, 1854. 

Abbot, Charles B.. and Sophia Elliot, June 11, 1855. 

Atkins, Sylvanus, of Peru, and Marj' Arnold, Sept. 24, 1855. 

Abbot, Charles E., of Hanover, and Alice Jane Ilutchins, March 22, 1856. 

Abbot, Thomas P., of Andover, and Maria H. Xewton, Aug. 8, 1850. 

Austin, Charles H., of Mexico, and Melissa H. Mann, Aug. 30, 1856. 

Adams, Daniel W., and Sarah J. Virgin, Oct. 25, 1S56. 

Abbot, Henry M., and Arabella C. Howard of Hanover, Aug. 6, 1856. 

Abbot, Lyman F., and Clara E. Howe, Dec. .30, 1856. 

Ackley, Charles H., and Cynthia J. Abbot, May 18, 1858. 

Abbot, Chandler, and Mary E. Chadburne, Nov. 4, 18.58, 

Andrews, Hoi-ace C., of Paris, and Addie L. Abbot, May 30, 1859. 

Abbot, Phineas W., and Fanny M. Bean, Sept. 2, 1859. 

Andrews, William, and Hannah II. Abbot, Sept. 12, 1859. 

Austin, Charles, and Isadore M. Jordan, Nov. 20, 1859. 

Abbot, John L., and Adeline Ingalls of Ryegate, Vt., May 22, 1861. 

Abbot, H. Marshall, and Abbie Martin, July 18, 1863. 

Abbot, Hiram F., and Mary J. Mansur, Feb. 5, 1804. 

Abbot, Seth P., and Georgie Matthews of Franklin PI., March 14, 1864. 

Adams, Mark T.. and Emily L. Wardwell, Dec. 24, 1864. 

Austin, Loren J., of Mexico, and Sarah J. Richardson, Oct. 14, 1865. 

Arnold, Samuel V., and Lucy J. Harlow of Mexico, Oct. 9, 1866. 

Adams, Chas. H., of Andover, and Marion V. Reed, Aug. 10, 1867. 

Brlster, Enoch, and Sally Chamberlain of No. 5. May 9, 1807. 
Bartlett, Elijah, of Bethel, and Nancy Graham, Feb. 7, 1812. 
Blake, Benj., of Andover, and Nancy Ripley, Feb. 8. 1812. 
Bragg, James F., of Andover. and Sally Graham, March 21, 1811. 
Bartlett, Ellas, of Bethel, and Eliza Adams, January 27, 1814. 
Bragden, Benj., of No. 7, and Rachel Walton, March 2, 1815. 
Bartlett, Elias. of Bethel, and Judith Farnum, Dec. 15, 1815. 
Bartlett, Samuel, and Sarah Wardwell, June 6, 1810. 
Bradbury, Thomas, of No. 8, and Dolly Morse, Nov. 20, 1817. 
Bolster, Alvan, and Cynthia Wheeler, Nov. 24, 1S20. 
Baxter, Joseph Jr., and Betsey Abbot, Oct. 20, 1822. 
Bunker, Samuel J., of No. 7, and Charlotte Howe, Feb. 1, 1823. 
Brock, Wra., of Peru, and Mary Virgin, Sept. 4, 1823. 
Brown, John M., and Martha Gibson, Feb. 24, 1828. 
Blanchard, David, and Mehitable Taylor of No. 7, Ai)ril 3. 1829. 
Bent, Orin, ol Waterford, and Caroline Eaton, Oct. 30. 1S30. 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFOItD. 265 

Baker, Otis, of Mexico, and Melinda Silver, June 25, 1831. 

Bean, Alanson, of Howard's Gore, and Hannah Heraminway, Oct. 2, 1831. 

Buker. Isaac R., and Hannah W. Hardy, January 21, 1832. 

Blanchard, Beuj. H., of No. 7, and Mary P. Berry Apr. 3, 1832. 

Buchannan, John, of Letter B., and Susan Hodsdon, Oct. 1, 1834. 

Bolster, Lyuiau, and Betsey F. Knight, May 9, 1835, 

Bisbee, George W., of Hartford, and Mary Howe, Nov. 4, 1835. 

Berry, Joseph, of Audover, and Sarah L. Greenleaf, Feb. 8, 1812. 

Bartlett, Ephraini C, of Bethel, and Julia Ann Richmond, Nov. 21, 1835. 

Barker, Elias, and Martiia Moody of No. 2, Apr. 2, 1836. 

Burke, Wm., of Portland, and Betsey Ward, June 18, 1837. 

Bosworth, Jacob, and Sally Allen, Nov. 3, 1839. 

Brock, Robert M., of Buckfield, and Catherine M. Durgin, Nov. 18, 1828. 

Bisbee, Piram, and Aseuath Sweat, Dec. 27, 1835. 

Bragg, John 1., of Letter B, and Nancy E. Graham, 1840. 

Brackett, Peter D., and Betsey A. Abbot, Sept. 24, 1837. 

Bean, Eliphas C, of Bethel, and Sarah B. Farnum, May 27, 1838. 

Bolster, Otis C, and Maria C. T. Virgin, May 4, 1841. 

Bartlett, Jonathan A., and Harriet A. Glines, May 1, 1842. 

Bragg, James I., of Andover, and Julia Ann Hall, May 3, 1843. 

Bai-ker, Charles, and Melinda M. Kyle, May 12, 1844. 

Bryant, Jairus S., of Bethel, and Lucina Rolfe, Feb. 2, 1848. 

Beard, Amasa A., and Charlotte A. Weaver of Franklin PI., Feb. 4, 1848. 

Bolster, Wm. W., and Martha 11. Adams, Sept. 30, 1848. 

Beal, Geo. L., of Norway, and Belinda D. Thompson, May 25, 1851. 

Blanchard, David, and Deborah D. Wheeler, Oct. 29, 1851. 

Barker, Hazen F., and Dorcas H. Brooks of Woodstock. 

Bowker, Anson W., of Woodstock, and Martha J. Silver, Sept. 3, 1853. 

Bod well, Samuel B., and Sarah J. Bragdon, May 16, 1855. 

Burgess, Elijah L., of Peru, and Elizabeth M. Thompson, June 18, 1855. 

Baker, Nathan S., and Mary O. Bryant of Milton PL, January 18, 1858. 

Burgess, Walter, of Peru, and Mary J. Richardson, Nov. 15, 1858. 

Burgess, Demas B., of Peru, and Ora Small, January 24, 1859. 

Bean. John C, of Turner, and Clarinda Doble, March 28, 1859. 

Bolster, Mellen E., of Paris, and Ann Sophia Roberts, Nov. 14, 1859. 

Brown, David F., and Mrs. Mary A. Reed, June 29, 1860. 

Blanchard, Orlando W.,-and Thirza A. Holt, April 1, 1861. 

Barker, Henry J., of Milton PI., and Josephine R. Martin, Apr. 20, 1861. 

Bishop, Nathan S., of Peru, and Emogene Elliot, Oct. 4, 1862. 

Bartlett, Wm. W., of Hanover, and Sarah M. Colby, Feb. 26, 1864. 

Bryent, Benj. W., of Paris, and Mary K. Goddard, May 9, 1864. 

Blanchard, Wm. M., and Desire C. Farrar, Oct. 22, 1864. 

Blanchard, Orlando W., and Caroline W, Kimball, June 27, 1866. 

Blodgett, Stillman S., of Bethel, and Betsey C. Hall, Dec. 21, 1868. 

Buttertield, John, of Sumner, and Amelia J. Hammon, January 11, 1969. 

Boynton, B. H., and Emma E. Libby of Leeds, Nov. 13, 1869. 



266 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Carr, Daniel, and Polly Ayer of Bethel, Apr. 15, 1802. 

Colby, Ephraini, and Burry Bartlett of Bethel, Xov. 1, 1807. 

Cushman, John, of Bethel, and Parazina Howe, Feb. 19, 1809. 

Cushnian, Francis, and Phebc M. Abbot, Sept. 8, 1815. 

Cobb, Ebenezer, and Mary Weaver of Readfleld, Feb. 14, 1816. 

Cobb, Churchill, and Panielia Putnam, Sept. 16, 1817. 

Cushman, Solomon, and Harriet Adams, April 8, 1821. 

Crockett, Solomon, and Dorcas Sutton, Nov. 24, 1822. 

Child, Henry, of Canton, and Hannah Farnum, March 2.3, 1826. 

Carter, Timothy J., and Arabella Rawson of Paris, Aug. 17, 1828. 

Colburn, Bartholomew, of No. 4, and Sally Hutchins, March 24, 1833. 

Chamberlain, Wm., and Desire Bisbee of Woodstock, Oct. 13, 1833. 

Cushman, Francis, and Lydia Keyes, April 27. 1834. 

Chapman, Samuel li., and Hannah Mansur, Feb. 28, 1835. 

Clement, Josiah J., and Abigail Swan of Bethel, Apr. G, 1838. 

Colby, Joseph E., and Mary J. F. Martin, June 8, 1839. 

Caldwell, Richard, and Phebe A. Hutchins, June 15, 1841. 

Caldwell, Solomon M., of Albany, and Vileria Wood, May 21, 1843. 

Chew, Joseph, and Rachel Thomas, January 6, 1844. 

Caldwell, Wm. H., and EIizal)eth McAllister of Canton, May 23, 1844. 

Colby, Timothj', and Hannah W. Martin, Sept. 6, 1845. 

Carter, James M., and Martha A. Wait of Peru, Sept. 28, 1845. 

Colbj', John T., and Almira Stiles, January 1, 1846. 

Clement, Lawson F., and Abigail G. Simpson, Sept. 26, 1848. 

Clement, John Jr., and Susan Farnum, Nov. 11, 1848. 

Colby, Marshall B., and Dolly M. Abl)ot, Dec. 11, 1848. 

Crockett, Nathaniel B., of Andover, and Lydia J. Wardwell, July 6, 1850. 

Colby, Charles S., and Ann G. Greely of Salisbury, N. H., Aug. 25, 1850. 

Caverly, L. W. of Strafford, N. H., and Martha F. Washburne, Mar. 19, 1853. 

Clisby, Isaac W., and Alvira J. Virgin, March 27, 1857. 

Clement, John Jr., and Sarah Smith, Oct. 4, 1857. 

Col)urn, Reuben B., and .Icneatte M. WaiTcn, Nov. S, 1860. 

Cummings, Nathan M., of Woodstock, and Asenath McCrillis, May 23, 1863. 

Colby, Irving T., and Burnetta II. Bartlett, January 28, 1864. 

Colby, Henry M., and Nancy J. Farnum, Dec. 24, 1864. 

Cummings, ;Moses, of Bethel, and Juliette Barker, July 25, 1866. 

Caldwell, Wm. II., and Mrs. Melinda S. Moody, Aug. 31, 1866. 

Coburn, David II., and Ellen Bradecn of Byron, Nov. 1, 1866. 

Clement, Royal A., and Maria C. Virgin, Oct. 19, 1867. 

Chase, (has. H., and Olive E. Parker of I.ewiston, Doc. 2, 1867. 

Cushman, Francis E. K., and Ann A. Mitchell, March 31, 1868. 

Cole, Virgil D. P., of Milton Plantation, and Eliza E. Tufts, Dec. 11, 1868. 

Coburn, Lot S., of Riley Plantation, and f:mina E. Durfce, May 18, 1869. 

Dustin, Jesse, and Lavina Howard of Howard's Gore, Jan. 2, 1809. 

Dutton, Jotham, and Miriam Abbott, Jan. 16, 1809. 

Door, Ebenezer, of Livermoro. and Polly Hinkson, Oct. 5, 1816. 



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DoUoff, John, and Eunice Stiles of Bridgton, Nov. 2, 1816. 

Douglass, Samuel, of Litchfield, and Sally Stevens, Aug- 1, 1817. 

Delano, John, of No. 1, and Mehitable Sweat, March 19, 1818. 

Delano, Wm., of Livermore, and Abigail Sweat, Sept. 4, 1819. 

Delano, Abial, and Sally Martin of Andover, Sept. 4, 1819. 

Doyen, Benj., and Dorothy S. Wheeler of Dixfield, June 17, 1821. 

Door, Ebenezer 2d, and Patty Hinkson, June 23, 1821. 

Dolloff, David, of Errol, N. H., and Almira Howe, Aug. 28, 1822. 

Delano, James, of Livermore, and Polly Brown, January 22, 1824. 

Dolly, Increase, and Phebe Elliot, Feb. 7, 1824. 

Delano, Jesse, and Sally Brown, March 6, 182.5. 

Dillingham, Enos, of Portland, and Clarissa W. Virgin, Nov. 12, 1826. 

Durgin, Henry F., and Dorothy E. Hall, Nov. 11, 1829. 

Dirgin, Neri D. B., and Betsey E. Glines. Sept. 2.5, 1831. 

Dwinel, Amos, of Lisbon, and Sarah S. Small, Sept. 21, 1832. 

Douglass, , and Julia Ann Goddard, April 14, 1833. 

Dunley, Joseph (Irishman) and Mrs. Betsey Cook, Aug. 25, 1839. 

DollofF, James M., and Sarah L. Gleason of Mexico, July 23, 1840. 

Dolly, George, and Lucinda Cole of Bethel, June 23, 1843. 

Delano, Francis, and Phebe L. Hall, Aug. 17, 1853. 

Daily, Isaac P., of Canton, and Amanda A. Eastman, Dec. 21, 1863. 

Dolloff, Ronello C, and Susannah Glover, June 25, 1866. 

Dolloff, Oscar F., and Abbie A. G. Curtis, March 17, 1867. 

Elliot, Cotton, and Gratia Moor, May, 1801. 

Elliot, Benj., and Phebe Eastman, Aug. 27, 1814. 

Elliot, David, and Polly Silver, May 10, 1818. 

Eastman, Haines, and Lovina Peterson, Oct. 29, 1818. 

Elliot, Aaron, and Susan Farnum, March 8, 1827. 

Eastman, Caleb Jr., and Molly F. AVhitman of Mexico, March 31, 1828. 

Eastman, Wm., and Olive Wilson of Canton, Jan. 25, 1829. 

Elliot, Thomas C, and P. Cragin of Westmoreland, N. H., March 31, 1832. 

Eaton, Osgood Jr., and Maria L. Gale of Gilmanton, N. H., Feb. 5, 1833. 

Elliot, Cyrus, and Betsey Rolfe Hall, March 31, 1833. 

Eaton, Abial, and Phoda G. Burleigh of Gilmanton, N. H., Nov. 2, 1834. 

Ethridge, Nathaniel, and Mary Greenleaf, June 22, 1835. 

Ethridge, Asa, and Emily Abbot, Sept. 27, 1835. 

Elliot, Ganzilo, of Livermore, and Betsey Wheeler, June 12, 1836. 

Elliot, Nathan W., of Bethel, and Lydia M. Carter, Aug. 5, 1843. 

Elliot, Cotton Jr., and Lavina B. Keyes of Letter A, May 16, 1846. 

Etheridge, John S., and Harriet Moulton of Sandwich, N. H., Jan. 21, 1849. 

Elliot, Wm., and Charlotte K. Howe, Sept. 8, 1849. 

Elkins, Francis, and Sarah F. Moi-se, June 26, 1855. 

Elliot, Josiah K., and Mary Ann Estes of Bethel, Nov. 29, 1856. 

Eastman, Z. G., of Mexico, and Mary S. Merrill, July 25, 1857. 

Elliot. B. W., and Rebecca M. Lufkin of Mexico, Jan. 14, 1858. 

Elliot, David E., and Aurelia Lufkin of Mexico, Aug. 21, 1858. 

Eastman, Holland F., and Nancy M. Hall, Oct. 9, 1860. 



268 HISTORY OF JiUMFORD. 

Elliot, John G., ami Addie E. Kimhall, Feb. 23, 1864. 

Eastman, Daniel G., and Hosilla J. Paine, March 1, 1869. 

Elliot. John E., and M.irtha Brown, ^Iav 29, 1804. 

Elliot. Edward F., and Clara M. Libby of Standish, March 14, 1865. 

Eastman, Caleb, and Philena ^V. Cone of Skowhoiyan, Nov. IG, 186.5. 

Eastman, Geo. C, of Mexico, and Ella E. Eastman, May 19, 1866. 

Elliot, Leonard D., and Eliza E. Moody, May 27, 1866. 

Eastman. Arbury E., and Emma A. Twomblj^, June 19, 1866. 

Eaton, Cyrus P., and Mary E. Howe, July G. 18G8. 

Elliot, Clifford M., and Flora E. Abbot, March 13, 1869. 

Farnum, Samuel, and Betsey Godwin, Feb. 8, 1812. 

Farnum, Jedediah, and Isabel Knapp of No. 1, Oct. 1.5, 1812. 

Farnum, Merrill, and Sally Bunker, June 30, 181.5. 

Flint, Dr. Benj., and Sarah Gushing of Canaan, N. II., Jan. 15, 1816. 

Frost, William, and Dorothy Sweat, Apr. 14, 1817. 

Farnum, Merrill, and Sarah Virgin of Concord. N. II., Nov. 14, 1817. 

Farnum. David H., and Maria Bartlett of Bethel, Jan. 2, 1819. 

Farrington, James, of Andover. and Melinda Farnum, July 6, 1820. 

Farrington, Philander, of Andover, and Polly Martin, Feb. 23, 1821. 

Fowler, Jonathan, of Bethel, and Martha Peva, Julj'^ 20, 1822. 

Farnum, Merrill, and Louisa Howe, Dec. 26, 1824. 

Fifield, Simeon, of Fryeburg, and Mary Morse, May 28, 1825. 

Farnum, AVm. W., and Kebecca S. Webster of Andover, Feb. 3, 1827. 

Farnum. Simeon, and Milla Kobinson of Paris, Feb. 24, 1827. 

Fuller, Dr. Simeon, and ]\Iary Ann IJawson of Paris, June 3, 1827. 

Farnum, Abial, and Jeneatte Buruham of Westbrook, Sept. 27, 1829. 

Farnum, James Harvey, and Clarissa Hoyt, Jan. 17, 1830. 

Farnum, Stephen Jr., and Sarah A'irgin, Oct. 16, 1830. 

Farnum, Joseph W., and Susan Ford, Ai)r. 7, 1831. 

Farnum, George J., and Mary S. Bodwell of Andover, Jan. 10, 1833. 

Farnum, Daniel, and Mary G. Virgin. Feb. 5, 1833. 

Frye, Benjamin, and Judith Rolfe, Dec. 16, 1833. 

Fox, Charles S., of Pioxbury, and Katherine P. Kichardson, Oct. 29, 1836, 

Fuller, Aaron, of Paris, and Mis. Mary Virgin, March 31, 1838. 

Farnum, Capt. David II., and widow Nancy Hinkson, June 10, 1838. 

Farnum, Wm. W., and Hannah J. Treadwell of Portland, Oct. 12, 1839. 

Frost, Wm., and Sibbell G. Bartlett of Bethel, Oct. 5, 1831. 

Farnum, Wm. W.. and Betsey G. Fox of Boxbury, March 9, 1845. 

Farnum, John C, and Mary li. Bass of Weld, June 1, 1845. 

Francis, Wm., of Carthage, and Cyrene Green, Oct. 5, 1846. 

Farimm, Aaron V., of Abbington, Mass., and Ann M. Hanson, Aug. 5, 1848. 

Fifu'ld, Elbridge G., of B<'thel, and Hannah K. Martin, May 1, 1851. 

French, .John ('., of Salem, and IJoxanna DoUoll, Oct. 2, 1S52. 

Farnum, David \V., ;ind Olive M. Whitconib of Norway, Mar. 31, 1855. 

Farnum, Charles NV., and Sarah E. Wardwell, Aug. 2, 18.55. 

Frost, Daniel G., and Emogene M. Hall, .Ian. 27, 1859. 



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"Foye, Stephen E., and Chloe Holt, Feb. 9, 1859. 
Farnum, Solon S., and Abby A. Brlo^gs, Apr. 16, 1859. 
Farnum, Daniel, and Mrs. Martha J. Bowker, March 20, 1861. 
Farnum, Freeling H., and Arvilla W. Rolfe, March 29, 1862. 
Farnum, Merrill, and Mrs. Sally Gale of Eoxbury, Jan. 2, 1863. 
Frye, Wm. A., of Carthage, and Alma L. Farnum, July 13, 1863. 
Frost, Wm., and Phebe S. Mitchell, May 9, 1864. 
Farnum, Wm. H., and Maria L. C. Martin, Sept. 18, 1865. 
Flagg, Ellis R., and Mary Kelly of Mexico, Dec. 4, 1865. 

Oleason, Isaac, of No. 1, and Sally Kimball, March 11, 1801. 

Graham, Aaron, and Geneva Moore, Xov. 19, 1811. 

Olines, Daniel, and Mary Sweat, Apr. 3, 1813. 

Godwin, Colman, and Keziah Wheeler of Concord, X. H., Feb. 14, 1814. 

Godwin, James, and Apphia Segor of Bethel, May 30, 1814. 

Graham, Asa, and Lucinda Farnum, Feb. 7, 1817. 

■Graham, George, and Hannah Eastman, March 21, 1818. 

•Glines, Timothy, and Sally Barker of Bethel, Feb. 6, 1819. 

Grover, Jedediah, of Bethel, and Hannah Hall, Apr. 29, 1821. 

Greenleaf, James B., and Sybil Goddard, May 22, 1822. 

"Gould, John, of Dixfield, and Lavina PuiFer, Aug. 12, 1825. 

Graham, Joshua, and Hannah Goddard of Andover, Dec. 26, 1825. 

Glines, David B., and Catherine B. Goddard, .Jan. 1, 1832. 

■Gould, Rev. Daniel, and Anna M. Rawson, Sept. 28, 1834. 

Goddard, Eben T., and Mary Ann Kimball, Jan. 4, 1835. 

■Graham, George W., and Irene Irish of Hartford, Oct. 30, 1835. 

Oreen, Ansel B., of Byron, and Sarah J. Silver, Jan. 23, 1836. 

Graham, Joshua, and Ruth Treadwell of Portland, July 22. 1838. 

Goodnow, David H., and Maria B. Adams, Feb. 21, 1839. 

Godwin, David A., and Abigail Besse, Xov. 29, 1825. 

•Green, Ransom M., and Naomi B. Severy of Wilton, July 16, 1843. 

Graham, Joshua, and Mrs. Sarah Leavitt of Buxton, Sept. 30, 1843. 

Goddard, Wm., of Bethel, and Joanna Curtis, Nov. 17, 1844. 

Greenleaf, Wm. T., of Milton PI., and Betsy C. Ackley, Aug. 14, 1847. 

Graham, John C, and Susan M. Wood, March 20, 1848. 

Godwin, Alvan B., and Arabella C. Kimball, Feb. 5, 1851. 

Godwin, Ajalon, and Sarah A. Thompson, Sept. 23, 1853. 

Glines, Albert G., and Emily H. Farnum, Nov. 10, 1855. 

Glines, David G., and Emma S. Howe, Nov. 13, 1860. 

Goodwin, Joel, and Fanny A. Kennison, Sept. 27, 1861. 

Crleason, George H., of Mexico, and Elizabeth Kimball, Jan. 22, 1863. 

Glover, Loren, and Dorcas L. Goddard, Apr. 29, 1863. 

Golder, Thos., of Belgrade, and Clara V. Washburne. Apr. 21, ls66. 

iJraham, Aaron, and Mrs. Abigail Hoyt, Sept. 7, 1866. 

Goddard, Elisha F., and Euthalia V. Roberts, May 7, 1867. 

Ooddard, Geo. T., and Lydia S. Thomas, July 15, 1867. 

Goddard, Ephraim F.., and Mrs- Jane L. Ackley of Milton PL, Jan. 13, 1868. 



270 HISTORY OF IIUMFORD. 

Howard, John A., of Dixfleld, and Sarah Ilinkson, Dec. 17, 1803. 

Hall, Joseph, and Judith Hlanchaid, Sept. 13, 1804. 

Hall, Jeremiah, and Judith IJolfe, July 21, 180,5. 

Hodsdon, James, and Esther Bartlett of Hethel, Jan. 26, 1810. 

Howe, John, and Persis Moore of Worcester, March 15, 1812. 

Hinkson, Itobert, and Sallj' Silver, Oct. 21, 1815. 

Hutchins, David 3d, and Sally Abbot of Andover, July 13, 1817. 

Howe, Otis, and Elsie Andrews of Bethel, Aug. 17, 1817. 

Howe, John Jr., and Betsey Abbot of Bethel, Dec. 12, 1818. 

Hammon, Samuel, of No. 1, and Lydia Lovejoy. 

Hemminway.Wm. K.,and Mrs. Phebe Brown of Hamlin Grant, Mar. 23,1822.. 

Hinkson, Joseph, of No. 7, and Kuth Tufter, July 5, 1823. 

Howe, John Jr., and Mrs. Nancy(Kimball) Brown of Waterford, Apr. 10,1825.. 

Hutchins, Hezekiah, and Lueinda Bean of Bethel, Nov. 19, 1826. 

Hemminway, Colman, of Letter B, and Sally Carr, Jan. 3, 1827. 

Hinkson, Daniel, and Juliette Swain, Nov. 24, 1827. 

Hall, Daniel 2d, and Sarah Lovejoy of No. 2, Nov. 28, 1827. 

Hubbard, Kev. Aaron, of Monson, and Charlotte Adams, Nov. 1, 1828. 

Howe, Calvin, and Thirza Kimball of Bethel, Nov. 18, 1828. 

Howe, Joel, and Dorcas Barker of Newry, Oct. 5, 1829. 

Hutchins, Joseph, and Mary N. Howe, June 5, 1831, 

Howe, Curtis P., and Abigail Gleason of Mexico, Nov. 4, 1831. 

Hinkley, Alanson, and Salome E. Hinds of Livermore, Mar. 3, 1832. 

Howard, John A., of Mexico, and Phebe Blaisdell, June 17, 1833. 

Hall, Joshua T., and Charlotte M. Elliot of Livermore, March 31, 1834. 

Hoyt, Gardener G., and Laura C. Lovejoy of Andover, Nov. 30, 1834. 

Howard, Asa S., and Dorcas Holt, July 9, 1836. 

Hodsdon, Daniel and Mary P. Richardson, Oct. 15, 1836. 

Holt, Alon/o, and Abigail Stearns of Bethel, Dec. 1, 1839. 

Hinkson, Aldana, and Grace M. Elliot, Sept. 24, 1840. 

Howe, Otis, and Mrs. Maria Farnum, July 10, 1843. 

Howe, Otis, and Betsey B. Prescott of Chichester, N. H., Dec. 2, 1843. 

Hall. Ivory W., and Lueinda E. Smith of Mexico, Dec. 2, 1843. 

Hall, Jeremiah, and Betsey Adams, July 21, 1844. 

Hall, Livermore P., and Mary A. Miller of Lowell, Dec. 0, 1846. 

Hardy, Zebediah Jr., and Zilpha E. A. Kilgore of Newry, Feb. 2, 1847. 

Howard, Asa S., and Betsey S. Poberts of Hanover, Aug. 9, 1847. 

Hastings, Gideon A., of Bethel, and Dolly K. Kimball, Sept. 15, 1847. 

Howe, Gilbert, of Hanover, and Sarah D. Perry, Jan. 6, 1849. 

Hoyt, Patrick, and Lucy A. Farnum, Feb. 2, 1851. 

Howe, John, and Mrs. Clarissa Estes of Bethel, (no date). 

Hutchins, Sullivan P., and Sara E. Howe, Nov. 27, 18.54. 

Harlow, Samuel P., of Butklicld, and Anvolette A. Wheeler, Mar. 10,1855. 

Haverson, Bennett, and Sarah J. Hodgman, Nov. 8, 1855. 

Hoyt, Nial, and Arvilla Wright of Jay, Feb. 15, 1856. 

Hardy, Charles IL, and Poxanna Estes of Milton PI., March 26, 1856. 

Howard, Milton P., of Hanover, and Hannah N. Holt, March 14, 1857. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 271 

Holt, Alonzo, and Polly Kimball, March 5, 1857. 

Howe, John H., and Harriet E. Glines, Nov. 16, 1858. 

Howe, Henry N., of Hanover, and Caroline A. Graham, Oct. 13, 1859. 

Howard, Preston O., of Hanover, and Lucetta A. Abbot, Oct. 25, 1859. 

Howe, John Jr., and Augusta M. Glines, Dec. 17, 1859. 

Hill, Daniel E., of Lovell, and Nancy Taylor, Nov. 7, 1860. 

Hall, John R., and Louisa Woods of Augusta, Nov. 8, 1860. 

Hall, Henry S., and Julia E. Abbot, Jan. 24, 1862. 

Howard, Asa S. Esq.. and Louisa L. Stickney of Mexico, July 9, 1863. 

Howard, Henry S., and Clai-a M. Woodbury of Sweden, Nov. 20, 1863. 

Hutchins, George H., and Georgie McAlister of Andover, Jan. 5, 1864. 

Huston, McKenzie A., of Roxbury, and Ophelia A. Eastman, May 6, 1865. 

Hutchins, Asa B., and Julia A. Ryerson of Newry, July 2, 1866. 

Harper, Wm. R., and Ellen M. Abbot, Nov. 23, 1866. 

Harlow, Royal A., of Hebron, and Emma S. Silver, Apr. 1, 1867. 

Hughes, Wm. H., and Mary A. Clark, Apr. 27, 1867. 

Holt, Samuel W., of Hanover, and Mrs. Lovicy A. Douglass, Oct. 21, 1867. 

Howard, Cyrus, and Hannah B. Johnson of Sumner, Nov. 15, 1868. 

Holman, Frank, and Delia H. Abbott, Feb. 15, 1869. 

Holman. Horace, and Mrs. Betsey F. Elliot, May 18, 1869. 

Haynes, Wm. H., of Boston, and Lois E. Littlehale, Nov. 23, 1869. 

Ingalls, Nason of Bridgton, and Polly Kimball, March 16, 1816. 

Judkins, Stephen, and Mary Bunker, March 2, 1813. 

Jordan, Amos M. of Andover, and Martha S. Wood, Nov. 26, 1829. 

Johnson, Wm. A., of Lowell, Mass., and Lucy A. Hutchins,iDec. 7, 1846. 

Kimball, John, and Hannah Martin, Nov.. 1809. 

Knapp, Nathan, and Phebe Farnum, Apr. 6, 1809. 

Kimball, Moses, and Mary Bean, both of Bethel, Apr. 16, 1812. 

Kimball, David, and Lucy W. Wheeler, of Dixfield, Feb. 2, 1817. 

Kimball, Peter, of Bethel, and Sophia Wheeler. 

Knight, Joseph, and Nancy Rolfe, Nov. 14, 1827. 

Kennison, James R., and Fanny Putnam. Nov. 1, 1829. 

Knapp, David, and Clarissa Glines, Oct. 13, 1833. 

Keyes, Josiah, and Rachel Barker, Dec. 26. 1834. 

Kennison, David, and Azubah Hardy, Feb. 22, 1835. 

Knapp. Enoch, and Eliza Bartlett of Bethel, Oct. 23, 1835. 

Kennison, John L.. and Eliza N. Cook, July 4, 1837. 

Kimball, Charles A., and Elizabeth Abbott, March 25, 1838. 

Knapp, Albion K., and Phebe M. Graham. Sept. 16, 1838. 

Kimball, James M., of Bridgton, and Arvilla Elliot, Aug. 30, 1839. 

Knapp, Samuel, and Sarah Whittemore, Aug. 4, 1841. 

King, S., of Monroe, and Mary Chapman, Oct. 26, 1845. 

Kimball, Asa, and Geneva G. Frost, March 24, 1846. 

Kidder, Burt, and Harriet C. Bartlett, Apr. 28, 1850. ' 

Knight, Chas. P., of Woodstock, and Juliette W. Farnum, Oct. 6, 1851. 



272' HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Kuight, Augustus J., Woodstock, and Fhiladolphia M. Graham, Feb. 2, 1854. 

Kimball, Adam W., and Phileua J. Swain. Dec. 5, 1857. 

Kennison, X. N., and Addie A. Kennison of Denmark, Sept. 28, 1861. 

Kennison. Ithiel S., and Mary L. Hall. June 1. 18(j;^. 

Knowles. Isaac M., of Troy, and Lauraette V. Farnum, Xov. 17, 1864. 

Kimball, Chas. M., of Bethel and Loretta S. IJartlett, Oct. 14, 1865. 

Knight, Marcius F., and lluth T. Graham, Sept. 8, 1866. 

Kimball. Charles W.. and Jennie M. Knapp of Hanover, Apr. 28, 1868. 

Kimball, Dana L., and liosalthia K. Philbrick, Oct. 10, 1867. 

Kennison, Charles E., and Annie Bennett of Greenwood, Feb. 24, 1869. 

Kennison, Charles A., and Olive A. Peverly, Sept. 8, 1869. 

Killman AVni. H., of Bridgton, and Sarah S. Walker, Sept. 25, 1869. 

Lufkin, Joseph, and Loruhamah Kimball, Jan. 24, 1811. 

Lufkin, Samuel, and Painelia Segar of Bethel, No. 21, 1816. 

Lufkin. John, and Phebe Kimball, Nov. 16, 1821. 

Libby, Jacob, of Peru, and Elizabeth Puifer, Sept. 22, 1823. 

Lufkin. Aaron, of Peru, and T>ucy Brown, March 12, 1825. 

Little, Moody, of Colbrook, and Eunice A. Call, Nov. 1, 1828. 

Lane, Henry, of Sanbornton, N. II., and Hannah Virgin, Jan. 22, 1831. 

Lufkin, Eliphalet E., and Mary R. Lufkin, May 19, 1842. 

Lufkin, Alfred, and Dorcas Howe, May 6, 1843. 

Lufkin, Capt. Nathan, of Concord, N. H., and Elizabeth A. Howe, Aug. 

30, 1845. 
Lufkin, Orin H., and Fidelia A. Godwin, Aug. 25, 1847. 
Lovejoj', Hezekiah, of Peru, and Abiah Putnani, July 6, 1849. 
Lufkin, Addison, and Euphrasia Bartlett of Hanover, Jan. 6, 1854. 
Lang, Wm. P., and Abigail D. Hall, Aug. 17, 1853. 
Lufkin, Merrit N., and Lucy A. Kimball, March 12, 1856. 
Lovejoy, Henry A., and Annie K. Morton, Jan. 21, 1858. 
Leavitt. Albert, and P. C. Peabody, Aug. 4, 1860. 
Leavitt, Franklin S., and >Iary J. Raymond, Apr. 26. 1861. 
Little, Ayres, and Rose Burges of Mexico, Dec. 26, 1863. 
Lindsey, Wm.. and Margaretta Little, Dec. 26. 1863. 
Ludden. Ezekiel T., of Dixfield, and Jennie F. Eastman, Oct. 3, 1864. 
Lurvey, Thos. T., of Woodstock, and Mary A. Curtis, June 29, 1865. 
Lufkin, Alfred, and Caroline Hill of North wood, N. H., Aug. 27, 1867. 
Lindsey. Wm., and Lottie Hicks of Lyndon, Vt., Nov. 4, 1867. 
Lovejoy, Albion B., and Mary R. Small, Oct. 3, 1868. 
Lovejoy, Reuben, of Sumner, and Carrie H. Luut, Jan. 25, 1869. 
Leonard, Geo. E., of Andover, and Esther A. Elliot. 

Martin. Kimball, and Rachel Ciodwin, Dec. 17, 1803. 

Merrill, Sanmel. and I'olly Godwin of Livermore, Dec. 24, 1812. 

Moor. Wade, and Betsey Eaton, Oct. 10, 1816. 

Moody, James, and Sally Godwin, May 4, 1818. 

Morse, SU Luke, and Judith Wheeler of Concord, N. H., Dec. 3, 1822. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD^ 273 

Morgan, Samuel, of Guilford, and Milla Howard, Dec. 3, 1825. 

Morse, Jesse, and Orpha Thompson. June 24, 1827. 

Morse, Samuel R., and Dolly Carr, March 15, 1829. 

Morse, Nahum B., and Britania Burnham, of Westbrook, Xov. 10, 1830. 

Martin, Daniel, Jr., and Isabel C. Brown, Oct. 7. 1831. 

Martin, Ira, and Mary Jane Howe. Sept. 27. 1833. 

Martin. John, and Arvilla Abbot, Nov. 12, 1834. 

Merrill, Amasa H., of Hamlin Gore, and Clarissa Elliot, June 23, 1835. 

Martin, Kimball, and Lydia H. Abbott. Aug. 27, 1836. 

Mansur, Warren, and Elvira M. Barnes, Feb. 11, 1837. 

Mills, Wm.. of Paris, and Grace B. Stevens, May 7, 1837. 

Morse, Elijah, Jr.. of Jay, and Lavina Silver, Feb. 3, 18.39. 

Moody, Wm., of No. 2, and Laura Abbot, June 10, 1824. 

Monroe, Merrick, and Mrs. Betsey Burke, Oct. 15, 1843. 

Martin, David G., and Sarah G. Martin, Aug. 30, 1845. 

Monroe, Charles W.. and AbbyKhuball, Sept. 15, 1847. 

Morton, Alfred, and Mary Augusta Abbot, Oct. 3, 1848. 

Martin, Jonathan K., and Frances E. Willard, Apr. 14, 1850. 

Moody, Josiah, of Hamlin Gore, and Mrs. Rebecca G. Martin, Aug. 18, 1850. 

Morse, Charles, of Milton PI., and Judith Hinkson, Dec. 8, 1850. 

Merrill, Samuel, Jr., of Milton PL, and Aurelia T. Poland, May 25, 1851. 

Morse, Thomas, of Albany, and Mary J. Farnum, March 16, 1859. 

Martin, Lyman R., and Carrie M. Knapp, Oct. 6, 1860. 

Morey, Ainsworth W., of Milton PL, and Harriet O. Ackley, Nov. 6, 1860. 

Mann, Walter E., and Nancy Knight, Nov. 9, 1860. 

Martin, Charles E., and Cinette E. Abbott, Nov. 19, 1860. 

Martin, Edwin R., and Victoria S. Farnum, Oct. 23, 1^63. 

Martin, Jonathan K., and Josephine M. Stevens of E. Medway, Mass., Sept. 

9, 1864. 
Morton, Charles H., and Emma C. Newton, Dec. 10. 1864. 
Morse, Alpheus, of Grafton, and Hannah V. Kimball, Apr. 27, 1865. 
Moore, Wm. K., and Zella A. Ward of China, May 1, 1866. 
Martin, Charles V., and Nancie W. Goddard of Bethel, Apr. 6, 1867. 
Morse, Joseph W., of Andover, and Hattie M. Lovejoy, May 6, 1867. 
Moore, Wm. K., and Abbie M. Howard, Oct. 26, 1868. 
Marston, Samuel T., and Mrs. Sarah J. Adams, May 22, 1869. 

Newton, Isaac, of No. 1, and Abigail Putnam, May 5, 1802. 

Newton, Sylvester, and Susan Smith, April 5, 1822. 

Nickerson, Esdras of Sangerville, and Mrs. Sarah Wakefield, Jan. 16, 1842. 

Newton, Cyrus P., and Susan M. Mansur. Dec. 8, 1850. 

New'ton, Lambert P., of Andover, and Frances A. Howe, March 22, 1854. 

Nelson, Chas. W., of Barnstable, Mass., and Ann M. Poland, June 2, 1862. 

Nelson, Chas. W., and Amanda T. Poland, Aug. 31, 1866. 

Putnam, Samuel, and Betsey Cobb of Norway, Apr. 12, 1806. 
Porter, Francis, and Nancy Virgin, Nov. 13, 1809. 
Pufier, Mathias, and Ruth Putnam, June 1, 1810. 

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274" HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

Putnam, Israel, and Ruth Walton, Oct. 7, 1811. 

Parker, Edward, of Hartford, and Sally Putnam, Feb. 25, 1816. 

Poor, Edward L., of Andover, and Azubah Farnum, Jan. 25, 1817. 

Putnam, Stephen, Jr., and Lucj^ (Jobb of Norway, Sept. 10, 1817. 

Putnam, Jacob, and Betsey Parker of N. Yarmouth, Feb. 9, 1818. 

Putnam, Samuel, Jr., and Susan P. Adams, Feb. 21, 1818. 

Page, Jonathan, and Kuth Eastman, Nov. IG, 1821. 

Poor, Samuel, of Andover, and Asenath Farnum, Jan. 26, 1823. 

Parlin, Simon, Jr., of Sumner, and Sophia Abbot, Dec. 1, 182.3. 

Putnam, Jesse, and Polly Keyes, January 3, 1824. 

Parker, Josiah, and Keziah B. Knight, Sept. 4, 1826. 

Putnam, Neliciniah, and Hannah Whitten of Conciord, Dec. 30, 1826. 

Putnam, Hiram, and Clarissa ^V. Farnum, Oct. 17, 1830. 

Pierpont, Robert, of Livermore, and Mary Hemmingway, Nov. 27, 1832. 

Peabody, Loammi B., and Hannah Keyes, Sept. 9, 1832. 

Peabody, Loammi B., and Sally B., Graham, June 12, 1836. 

Putnam, Daniel F., and Lucinda Walker of Livermore, Feb. 25, 1837. 

Porter, Daniel P. Jr., of Mexico, and Rosalia Abbot, Nov. 17, 1838. 

Parlin, Ira, of Weld, and Priscilla W. Hall, June 14, 1844. 

Peaslee, George L., of Wilton, and Susan M. Adams, May 24, 1849. 

Perry, George W., and Susan V. Abbot, Dec. 30, 1849. 

Phinney, William, of Portland, and Augusta Willard, Dec. 3, 1853. 

Putnam, Wm. F., and Sophia C. Abbot of Hanover, Jan. 1, 1856. 

Putnam, I. Atwood, and Emily V. Bartlett, Jan. 25, 1857. 

Palmona, Franc C, U. S. Nav}', and Maria II. Abbot, Nov. 6, 1857. 

Peabody, Franklin D., and Lucy A. Bryant, Nov. 15, 1858. 

Poland, John, and Mary A. Smith, Aug. 19, 1859. 

Pearson, Wm. O., of W^oodstock, and Mrs. Clementine Moore, Mar, 26, 1860. 

Parker, Chas. D., and Martha M. Small of Andover, March 8, 1861. 

Putnam, Benj. B., and Mary A. Bisbee, Aug. 30, 1862. 

Philbrick, Gilman, of Roxbury, and Rosina W. Richardson, Sept. 9. 1862. 

Putnam, David F., and Clara A. Wing, May 25, 18G5. 

Putnam, Simeon W., of Mexico, and Abbie B. Small, Nov. 13, 1865. 

Perry, Bartol H., and Lucretia Barker, March 5, 1866. 

Putnam, Alfred B., of Mexico, and Maria C. Virgin, Apr. 4, 1866. 

Philbrook, Henry S., of Andover, and Vienna Howe, Nov. 23, 1866. 

Putnam, Francis P., and Mrs. Eunice E. Towne of Norway, Nov. 24, 1866. 

Proctor, Chas. A., of Andover, and Calista W. Morey, Aug. 3, 1867. 

Phinney, Wm., and Mrs. Abbie Abbott, Aug. 22, 1867. 

Paine, Charles N., and Mrs. Susan Cobb, Sept. 30, 1867. 

Putnam, S. T., and Caroline S. Evans, Sept. 11, 1869. 

Perry. Lewis M. and Nellie A. Durfee, Nov. 8, 1869. 

Rolfe, Nathaniel, and Polly Glines, Sept. 18, 1809. 
Richardson, John, and Mehitable Eastman, Jan. 14, ISll. 
Rolfe, John, and Betsey Abbot, Jan. 30, 1812. 
Robertson, Samuel, of Bethel, and Eliza Hunting, May 12, 1813. 



IIISTOBY OF RUMFOBD. 275 

Rolfe, Samuel, and Eliza Hathaway of Jay, Feb. 7, 1819. 

Eichardson, Wm., aud Polly Swain, Apr. 4, 1819. 

Eipley, Joseph, and Betsey Barker. Apr. 29, 1821. 

Rolfe, Henry C, and Doreas Wheeler, March 6, 182.5. 

Eichardson, Daniel, and Lydia Tyler, Xov. 9, 1825. 

Eeynolds, Edwin, of Bethel, and Mary Chamberlain. Aug. 26, 1826. 

Eichardson, Jeremiah, and Harriet Virgin, Jan. 3, 1830. 

Eowe, Joseph, of No. 2, and Catherine Virgin, Dec. 5, 1830. 

Eawson, Lyman, and Jerusha Holmes of Oxford, May 3, 1832. 

Eeynolds, Simeon O., and Ruhamah Ames of Rartford, Dec. 24, 1836. 

Rolfe, John E., and Joanna S. Douglass, March 28, 1839. 

Eolfe, Enoch C. and Enieline Small, April 26, 1839. 

Eichardson, Joseph, and Edith Glines, Apr. 9, 1842. 

Eay, Geo. A., and Lucy C. Whittemore, Sept. 2, 1843. 

Eichardson, Asa. and Sarah E. Abbot, April 13, 1845. 

Randall, Levi, of Peru, and Emily Washburne, May 13, 1847. 

Eichardson, Bradl)ury, of Hartford, and Mrs. D. F. Adams, Mar. 11, 1849. 

Eolfe, Charles fL, and Caroline H. Virgin, Nov. 13, 1852. 

Eowe, Henry M., and Elizabeth S. Taylor, Apr. 25. 1853. 

Richmond, Benj. F., aud Eliza J. Wyman, Dec. 23, 1857. 

Richardson, Chas. F., and OUvia E. Bodwell, Nov. 21, 1863. 

Rowe, Chas. D., of Woodstock, and Margaret D. Farnum, Apr. 1, 1865. 

Russell, Alonzo P., of E. Livermore, and Mary A. G. Richardson, Mar. 13, 

1866. 
Rolfe, Oscar D., and Elizabeth S. Curtis, Oct. 18, 1867. 
Record, J. S., of Bucklield, and Ellen E. Abbot, Sept. 30, 1869. 
Eichardson, Chauncy S., and Mrs. Delphina A. Parker, Oct. 9, 1869. 

Stevens, Greenleaf G., and Ruth Elliot, Feb. 12, 1810. 

Silver, Nathan, and Sally Swain, Jan. 14. 1815. 

Stiles, Enoch, of Bridgton, and Edna Dolloflf, Nov. 9, 1816. 

Segar, Allen, and Elizabeth Howard, Maj^ 7, 1819. 

Smith, Henry, and Dolly Marston, Sept. 20, 1819. 

Swain, John, and Rebecca Richards of No. 8. Dec. 12, 1819. 

Silver, Hezediah, and Lucy Virgin, March 27, 1824. 

Stevens, Phineas, and Mary S. Wardwell, Dec. 30, 1824. 

Stevens, Haines, and Nancy Abbot, Apr. 20, 1828. 

Snow, Samuel S., and Mary S. Hoyt. Feb. 19, 1830. 

Small, Andrew, and Achsa Chamberlain, Feb. 19, 1831. 

Silver, James, and Sarah P. Elliot. March 20, 1831. 

Swan, Isaac, of Lowell, Mass., and Nancy H. Hutchins, Oct. 2, 1831. 

Silver, Daniel, and Sarah S. Baron of No. 8, July 8, 1832. 

Segar. John E., and Lydia Farnum, July 29, 1832. 

Small, Joseph, and Pamelia P. Dolly, Nov. 18, 1833. 

Segar Allen, and Achsa Howard of Temple, N. H., Dec. 15, 1835. 

Stevens, Edward, aud Sybil Bean of Bethel, July 12, 1834. 

Stearns, Phineas, of Bethel, and Betsey Martin, Dec. 28, 1834. 



276 HISTORY OF ItUMFORD. 

Short, Seba D., and Abbie A. Trumbull, Apr. 4, 1835. 

Stevens, Benj. W., and flaniet G. Frost, Sept. 2, 1837. 

Stevens, Abiel L., and i:iizahoth Small, Nov. 24. 18.38. 

Small, Cyrus, and Lucy Ann Kimball. Dec. 8, 1838. 

Stevens. Thomas J., and Lynda M. Griffith of TJvermore, May 19, 1844. 

Swain, Hiram R.. and Elizabeth D. Kneeland of Sweden, Jan. 14, 1848. 

Small, Cyrus, and Sarah Jane Thomjjson, Au^. 10, 1848. 

Simpson, David G., and Mary M. Newton, Apr. 21, 1849. 

Swain, John Jr., and Charlotte VV. Kimball, Nov. 3, 1849. 

Sheldon. Gardener, of liCominster, Mass.. and Hannah Lufkiu, Feb. 3, 1850. 

Small, Dr. Joseph P., and Phebe E. Delano of Milton PI., Apr. 8, 1852. 

Stevens, VVni. F., and Susan VV. Little of Colebrook, N. H., Dec. 20, 1852. 

Swift, Jonathan, and Adeline D. Baker, June 10, 1853. 

Silver, Geo. S., and Nancy S. Hutchins, May 28, 1850. 

Stockbridge, John A., and Sarah V. W. Bolster. 3Iarch 30, 1857. 

Segar, Ambrose C, and Amanda A. Russell, Feb. 20, 1858. 

Smith, George S., and Phebe J. Coburn, May 14. 1859. 

Smith, E. C, and Lydia A. Garland of Somersworth, N. H., July 23, 1800. 

Stockbridge, Columbus A., and Julia A. Howe, Jan. 23, 18G1. 

Swain, Loring F., and Amelia A. Glover, June 15, 1801. 

Stevens, Henry, and ('ervilla Abbot, June 13. 1802. 

Smith, Chas. B., of Reading, and Lucy A. Abbot, Jan. 28, 1864. 

Segar. John E., and Hannah Graham, Oct. 14, 1805. 

Stevens, Wm. F., and Arvilla E. McCrillis, Aug. 12, 1866. 

Silver, James, and Mary A. Lufkin, May 28, 1807. 

Silver, Jonathan V., and Abbie T>. Barker of Hanover, Jan. 0, 1868. 

Spofford, Isaac G., of Milton PL, and Mrs. Mary Woods, March 5, 1868. 

Stevens. Wallace W., and Hannah O. Stetson. Jan. 2, 1809. 

Thompson, Uzza, of No. 2, and Abigail Elliot, Dec. 20, 1807. 

Tucker. Amos, of Peru, and Miss Lucretia Howe, Sept. 22, 1822. 

Thompson, Daniel, of Westbrook. and Mahala Farnum. March 20, 1828. 

Thompson, Peter A., and Wealthy Stevens, July 17, 1828. 

Trumbull, Joseph, and Hannah J. Howe of No. 2. Oct. 24, 1829. 

Trumbull, Luther, and Mary E. Martin, Sept. 9. 1S32. 

Thomas, Perez, and Mary Sampson of Hartford, Nov. 10, 1834. 

Tuell, Abiathar, of Paris, and Phebe Knapp, May 14, 1837. 

Taylor, Moses, and Sarah Simpson. March 17, 1841. 

Thomas. Elbridge G., and Nancy Hardy, May 15, 1842. 

Thomas. Elisha, and Mrs. Sally D. Wells of Vienna, Nov. 8, 1843. 

Trask, Capt. Peter, of Mexico, and Betsey C. Rolfe, May 20, 1844. 

Tyler, Jonathan, of Mason, and Elizabeth J. Hall, Dec. 14, 1845. 

Taylor, William, and Mehitable P. Hall. Feb. 1, 1846. 

Tyler, Wm., of Mason, and Sally Martin. 

Thompson, John, J^sq., and Elizabeth M. Eustis of Mexico. Nov. 19, 1846. 

Tyler, Nathaniel IL, of Mason, and Sarah M. Putnam, Sept. 23, 1848. 

Taylor, Stephen, of Lisbon, N. XL, and Lovina P. Abbot, July 19, 1849. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOED. 277 

Twomblj', John, of Byron, and Maria E. Eastman. 

Thompson, Sewall, and Mrs. Mabel Tufts, March 17, 1854. 

Taylor, William, and Mrs. Nancy Thomas, May 19, 1856. 

Thomas, John L., and Rebecca B. Virgin, Dec. 29, 1856. 

Thompson, John, and Sarah E. Moody, June 21, 1858. 

Taylor, Jonathan C, of Roxbury, and Judith Elliot, Sept. 7, 1858. 

True, Edward, of Portland, and Lucebia E. Hoyt, Feb. 16, 1859. 

Taylor, Robert B., and Sarah J. T. Rowe, May 20, 1860. 

Tasker, Dr. Adson, of Philadelphia, and Julia E. Abbot, Sept. 10, 1860. 

Thomas, James W., and Sarah J. Silver, March 14. 1861. 

Taylor, Eugene, and Rosilla E. Poland, Feb. 12, 1866. 

Thompson, Eben H., of Weld, and Mrs. Mary A. Frost, March 9, 1868. 

Virgin, Aaron, and Polly Farnum, Jan. 23, 1813. 

Virgin, Ebenezer, and Polly Gibson of Brownfield, Apr. 2, 1813. 

Virgin, Peter C, and Sally Keyes, July 24, 1813. 

Virgin, Rufus, and Susan Abbot, Dec. 29, 1814. 

Virgin, Jeremiah, and Persis Russell of Bethel, Nov. 7, 1817. 

Virgin, Osgood E., and Clarissa Taylor of No. 7, Nov. 23, 1817. 

Virgin, Levitt C, and Hannah Osgood, Nov. 28, 1819. 

Virgin, Eben, and Sally Farnnm, Sept. 3, 1820. 

Virgin, Jonathan, and Hannah Wheeler, Aug. 31, 1828. 

Virgin, Uriah H., and Mary Roberts of Wayne, Jan. 2, 183T. 

Virgin, Charles E., and Diantha Virgin, Aug. 26, 1833. 

Virgin, Eben M., and Ruth P. Brown, Nov. 2, 1841. 

Virgin, Patrick H., and Lovina Bean, June 24, 1843. 

Vosmus, Humphrey, of Readfield, and Ann A. Damraon, Jan. 15, 1854. 

Virgin, Eben F., and Susan A. Austin of Mexico, Oct. 10, 1855. 

Virgin, Peter C, Esq., and Mrs. Nancy Kimball, Sept. 27, 1856. 

Virgin, Abbot, and Caroline H. Moody, Nov. 14, 1857. 

Virgin, Albert, and Sophila W. Scott, Aug. 28, 1861. 

Virgin, Hazen G., and Eliza A. Holt, Oct. 16, 1861. 

Virgin, Solon, and Floretta L. Abbot, Dec. 5, 1865. 

Virgin, Benj. F., and Ella J. Raymond, Jan. 16, 1866. 

Virgin. Peter C. 2d, and Mrs. Sarah Hardy, Jan. 6, 1869. 

Wood, Phineas, and Patty Spaulding of Chelmsford, March 22, 1802. 

Winkley, John, and Triphena McAllister, July 2, 1803. 

Withington, James II., of No. 1, and Sarah Adams of Andover, July 9, 1810. 

Walton, Reuben, and Eunice Swain, Oct. 20, 1811. 

Walton, Artemas, and Dolly McAllister, Jan. 2, 1813. 

Walton, Artemas, and Abigail Stevens, Jan. 21, 1815. 

Wardwell. Joseph H.. and Lydia Howard of Howard's Gore, Nov. 21, 1816. 

Wood, Phineas, and Elizabeth Kidder of Tewksbury, Mass., Feb. 2, 1824. 

Walton, Farwell, of No. 2, and Mary Hall, Aug. 19, 1827. 

Walker, John, of No. 7, and Sally Eastman, July 27, 1828. 

Willard, Harvey B.. and Mehitable Mai-tin, Aug. 5, 1829. 

Walker, Hyland, of Mexico, and Mariah G. Dolly, May 10, 1831. 



278' HISrORY OF liUMFOItD. 

Whitman, Zen, ami Mary Dale of Greenwood, Oct. 11, 1832. 

Wyinan, Alexander, and Azilla Bard, Nov. 10, 1833. 

Wheeler, Philip M., and Deborah D. Hall. 

Walker, Elijah, and (haetina Ilinkson. Sept. 14, 1834. 

Walker, Timothy, and r.uiia Abbot. \'arch 28, 1835. 

Washburne. Stephen, of Paris, and Mrs. Mary Howe, July 29, 1835. 

Welch, Elbridge G., of Brunswick, and Elizabeth Putnam. Oct. 24, 1835. 

Whittemore, Enoch, and Sarah Cole of Greenwood, Apr. 20, 1836. 

Wai-dwell, Jeremiah, and Jeneatte Farnum Feb. 8, 1837. 

Washburne, Isaac C, of Paiis. and Cynthia W. Stevens. May 28. 1837. 

Wakefield, Oliver, and Sally Howard, Sept. 30, 1838. 

Whidden, JosiahP.. of Ore-^on City, 111., and Eliza H. Godwin, Sept. 30, 1838. 

Wheeler. Judah D., of Peacham, Vt.. and Dorcas F. Knapp, Dec. 31, 1840. 

Whitman, Cornelius H., of Mexico, and Sarah Virgin, Nov. 26, 1841. 

Whittemore, Rev. Isaac, and Mary A. Ray, June 30, 1844. 

Whitman, Cornelius, of Mexico, and Nancy K. Elliot, Sept. 8, 1844. 

Wright, Dr. Kendall, of Weld, and Cordelia Hall, Aug. 18, 1847. 

Wilkins, Charles, of Waterborough, and Martha J. Silver, Sept. 5, 1853. 

Wyman, Martin L., of Peru, and Trj^phena Thomas, July 6, 1856. 

Wood, Samuel H., and Sarah J. Bartlett, Dec. 10, 1850. 

White, Phanuel, of Dixfield, and Mrs. Priscilla W. Parlin, Dec. 30, 1856. 

Whittemore, Nathaniel, and Frances M. Abbot, Feb. 10, 1857. 

Wyman, Charles K., and Martha B. Poland, May 25, 1857. 

Wood, Charles E., and Harriet H. KIkins, Aug. 2!), 1857. 

Wood, Nathaniel, and Mary Putnam, Aug. 8, 1858. 

Woods, Leonard M., and Annette G. Silver, March 13, 1861. 

Washburne, Martin B., and Clara Peverly, Sept. 27, 1861. 

Wood, John R., of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Louisa Rawson, Oct. 18, 1861. 

Walton, Henry B.. and Clara F. Virgin, Nov. IG, 1801. 

Wyman, James II., and Jennie B. IJartlett of Jay, Dec. 22, 1862. 

Wing, Clark A., and Lydia A. Putnam of Franklin PI., Aug. 29, 1863. 

White, Charles E., of Boston, and Julia W. Parker, Jan. 22, 1864. 

Wyman, Benj. B., and Betsey R. Hall of Peru. March 6, 1865. 

Wagg, Greenleaf G., of Auburn, and Nellie C. Howe, March 22, 1866. 

Walker, John J., and Cynthia L. Cobb, Dec. 8, 1806. 

Wise, Geo., of Canton, and Mrs. Arvilla W. Farnum, Feb. 9, 1867. 

Wing, Adelbert A., and Eveline W. Haynes of l»eru, Feb. 10, 1869. 

York, Wm., and Abigail E. Dolly, Sept. 10, 1828. 
York, David, and Basmuth Sweat, Dec. 13, 1826. 

1870. 
Jan. 22, Josiah K. Elliott, and Lucinda G. Howe. 
Jan. 28, James AV. Thomas, Jr., and Franci.< S. Pillsblon. 
March 21, Tilson S. Goding, of Livennore, and D. Augusta Goddard. 
Apr. 20, Ezekiel E. Jackson, and Mrs. Emily M. Blodget of Berlin. N. H. 
May 21, Waldo Pettengill, and Sarah S. Briggs of Poland. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 279 

June 7, Wm. J. Coburn and Mrs. Sphronia Willey of Rumford. 

June 10, Wra. G. Farnum and Caroline Lovejoy. 

June 13, Orin Stevens of Woodstock, and Sarah A. Libby. 

Sept. 12, Edwin F. Ray and Leonora Bod well. 

Sept. 17, James S. Morse and Lydia A. Colby. 

Sept. 17, Benj. Jackson. Jr. and Sarah A. Woods. 

Sept. 24, H. S. Hayes of New York, and Florence Rawson, 

Nov. 30, Henry A. Libby of Leeds, Me., and Clara E. Boyinton. 

Dec. 19, Chas. P. Thomas and Eliza A. Eastman. 

Dec. 26, Oscar W. Royal of Paris, and Alice A. Ray. 

1871. 

Jan. 10, Virgil D. Fuller and Clara F. Adams. 

Feb. 8, Wm. H. Wescot of Vermont, and Ora A. Grover. 

March 22, Benjamin M. Rolfe and Hannah K. Searle of Newry. 

March 27, Wm. H. Hemmingway of Milton PL, and Mrs. Lucina Bryant. 

Apr. 14, S. S. Jackson and Miss Mary F. Philbrick of Laconia, N. H. 

Apr. 27, Chas. B. Abbott and Mrs. Betsey M. Morse of Rumford, Maine. 

Apr. 28, Samuel W. ISIarston of Andover, and Mary A. Littlehale. 

June 6, Edward Stevens and Mrs. Rebecca Morrell. 

June 23, Ammi B. Mitchell and Mary S. Delano of Milton PL 

July 8, Simon D. Mitchell of Roxbury, and Mrs. Anna A. Cushman. 

July 8, John C. Graham and Caroline H. Rolfe. 

July 16, Wm. H. Thurston and Salome T. Glover. 

Aug. 2, Chas. R. Davis and Hattie L. Farnum. 

Sept. 6, Chas H. Graham and Ella M. Swain. 

Sept. 16, Chas. F. W^heeler and Mrs. Clara F. Walton of Lewiston, Me. 

Sept. 19, Ezra Jewell of Woodstock, and Eliza O. Kimball. 

Sept. 25, Aaron E. Stevens and Filla C. West of Newry. 

Oct. 26, Henry S. Raymond and Sarah F. Richardson of Roxbury. 

Nov. 23. Henry J. Abbott and Mrs. Harriet H. Morse. 

Dec. 7, Stillman E. Newell of Boston, Mass., and Susie E. Martin. 

Dec. 18, Walter S. Abbott and ^lary G. Kimball. 

1872. 

Jan. 27, Timothy Hastings of Bethel, and Betsey E. Smith. ' 

Feb. 2, Artemas Felt and Mrs. Susan Payne. 

Feb. 8, Alfred C. Harding of Andover, and Mrs. Mary E. Hutchinson. 

Apr. 18, David Jennings and Mary Clark. 

Apr. 29, Rev. F. Grosvenor of Auburn, and P. Ellen Howe. 

Apr. 29, Chas. E. Johnson and Elma E. Kenerson. 

May 11, Jeremiah Curtis and Luciuda Davis of Woodstock. 

June 1, Samuel Richardson and Bella S. Eastman. 

Sept. 29, Farnum A. Elhott and Mrs. Eveline Burgess. 

Nov. 2, Hiram Day of Hamlin's Grant, and Mary Eastman. 

Nov. 20, John F. Hewey of Andover, and Katie E. Newton. 



280' HISTORY OF ItUMFOBD. 

1873. 

Feb. 3, Sylvester Newton and Mrs. Abigail Clemens. 

June 7, Enoch Knapp and .lanette li. Andrews. 

Aug. 30, Ezra Souk' and Cliarlottu A. Board. 

Sept. 14, Daniel (31dhani of Peru, Me., and Diantha M. Allen. 

Sept. 17, Aldana B. Bassett of Audover, and Mary A. Walker. 

Sept. 29, John VV. Martin and Martha E. Smith of Newry. 

Dec. 1, Fred F. Bartlett and Sarah B. Swain. 

1874. 

July 18, James H. Turner and Jennie S. Free. 

Oct. 4, Sewell Eeed of Bradley and Orrissa P. Knapp. 

Oct. 21, Edwin P. Smith of Hanover, Me., and Henrietta W. Abbott. 

Nov. 17, Jerry O. Estes and Mrs. Mary A. Tucker. 

1875. 

Apr. 2, Dorington Wyman and L. R. Hawes of Peru, Maine. 

Aug. 12, Lewis A. Thomas and Marianna Keed of Mexico. 

Nov. 4, Augustus F. Wing and Mrs. Mary M. Delano of Peru. 

Nov. 19, Granville T. Thurston and Ada E. Lufkin. 

Dec. 2, Bartol H. Perry of Woodstock and Mrs. Sophrona A. Carter. 

Dec. 20, Chas. O. Stinchtield of Auburn, and Sarah F. Farimni. 

Dec. 27, Florus H. Bartlett and Mrs. Ellen M. Harper. 

1870. 

Jan. 16, Geo. G. Clay of Grand Kapids, ^Mich., and Hattie M. Elliott. 

Feb. 3, James W. Thomas and Mrs. Cynthia L. Walker. 

March 31, Wm. J. Coburn and Mrs. Ellen B. Coburn. 

April 11, R. A. Barrows of Canton and Ida F. Blauchard. 

July 4, Loammar A. Thomas of Mexico, and Mary A. Johnson. 

Aug. 6, Fred V. Abbot and Kate C. Littlehale. 

Aug. 9, Alfred E. Flagg of Hairison, and Ora A. I.ovejoy. 

Aug. 25, Addison Lufkin and Mrs. Etta A. Bacon. 

Sept. 9, Dudley F. Roberts and Lizzie H. 'i'rask, Salem, Mass. 

Nov. 13, Geo. F. Elliott and Cora E. Putnam. 

Dec. 25, Henry O. Rowe of Peru, and Laura E. Carter. 

1877. 
Jan. 9, Chas. A. Thwoits of Portland, and Lizzie G. Farnuni. 
Jan. 22, Aaron P. Hall and Fanny M. Rowe. 
Jan. 23, Chas. E. Carter and Mary E. Hutchinson. 

Feb. 19, Chauncy S. IJichardson of C.orham, X. IL, and Mrs. Ada Swift. 
Feb. 20, Bartol II. Perry and Mary A. Silver. 
Feb. 22, David G. (Jlines and Rosaltlia Allen of lavermore. 
Feb. 22, Frank E. Hoyt and Maria B. Stevens of Andov(>r. 
March 24, Samuel S. Wyman 2d, and Susie J. Crombie of Lewiston. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 281 

March 26, Fred A. Porter and Mary E. Green. 

Apr. 23, John F. Poland of Osceola, Miss., and Olive M. Smith. 

May 1, Edwin Abbott and Susan F. Stevens. 

June 14, James W. Stuart and Hattie C. Sargent of Charlestown, Mass. 

June 19, Thomas Kichards and Mrs. Margaret D. Smith of Peru, Me. 

June 23, Ronello A. Grover and Addrlemore Smith. 

July 19, Major Jeremiah Eichardson and Mrs. M. G. Porter. 

Oct. 3, Chas. H. Rowe and Emma A. Silver. 

Nov. 15, Wilson Thomas and Etta M. Welch of Boston, Mass. 

Oct. 16, Wilber F. S. Litchfield of Lewiston, and Florine I. Bartlett. 

Dec. 20, Joseph A. Arnold and Georgianna Stevens of Winthrop. 

1878. 

Jan. 3, Lucius A. Glover and Isabel J. Farrar of Andover. 

Jan. 28, Johu L. Abbott and Almeda Taylor. 

Feb. 26, Geo. B. Hoyt and Sarah F. Howe. 

March 4, Major Jeremiah Richardson and Sarah P. Mitchell. 

Apr. 15. Chas. H. Perham of Woodstock, and Coia E. Taylor. 

May 30, Marcus P. Farrar and Alvira V. Silver. 

June 24, J. Ambrose Gallison of Woodstock, and Mabel M. Eastman. 

July 22, Jefierson Jackson of Milton PI., and Mrs. Drusilla F. Abbott. 

Nov. 14, T. W. Childs aud Mabel W. Stevens. 

Nov. 27, Wm. J. Kimball and Pearl L. Farnum. 

Dec. 16, Asa A. West of Andover, and Maggie A. Hoyt. 

1879. 

Feb. 24, Joseph L. Webster of Peru, Me., and Celia A. Twombly. 

Feb. 25, Jerry H. Martin and Annie A. Elliott. 

March 8, Benjamin H. Bayington and Alice S. Howe. 

March 19, Fred J. Rolfe and Emma E. Hanson of Andover. 

March 24, Fred F. Bartlett and Edna F. Thomas. 

Apr. 5, Allen S. Bixby and Hannah M. Hall. 

May 24, Asa A. Martin and Mrs. Flora E. Ripley of Bethel. 

June 9, James K. P. Simpson and Georgia A. RajJ^mond. 

July 28, Chas. H. Glines and Adell E. Eastman. 

Sept. 20, John H. Flagg and Olive C. Swain. 

Oct. 20, Freeman E. Small and Mary E. Hoyt. 

Oct. 20, E. H. Bixby and Adelaide A. Eastman. 

Oct. 24, Loring H. Roberts and Francivilla T. Bartlett of Bethel. 

Nov. 5, Sja-ia C. Hodge of Canton, aud Kate B. Goddard. 

1880. 

Jan. 26, Hiram H. Bean of Bethel, and Rozilla H. Howe. 
Feb. 13, John P. Roberts and Edith E. Mardin of Madrid. 
Feb. 19, Geo. A. Rontons of Boston, Mass., and Mary E. Elliott. 
March 3, Cyrus Kendrick of Litchfield and Susie P. Howe. 



282 HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 

March 31, C. M. Hutchins imd Nellie >S. liawson of Paris. 

July 17, Harry H. Hutchinson and Ada M. Colby. 

Sept. 23, Rufus J. Virgin of Bethel, and S. M. Putnam. 

Sept. ■25, Benjamin S. Newton and Ella Marcella Andrews of Andover. 

Nov. 16, Adelbert N. Wyman and Annie S. Safibrd of Turner. 

Dec. 22, Nelson A. Austin and Prudence A. Grover. 

1881. 

Feb. 22, Fred H. Silver and Roena H. Jordan. 

March 17, John Houghton of Byron, and Mrs. Catherine G. Abbott. 

March 2.'), S. B. Jones of Paris, and Belle Clark. 

July 31, Wni. S. Frost and Etta H. Smith of Bethel. 

Aug. 18, Elmer E. Bennett of Grafton, and Luna J. Abbott. 

Aug. 31, Fred A. Barker and Belle Lewis of Pittston. 

Sept. 10, Thomas L. Weeks of Roxbury, and Jane L. Glover. 

Oct. 11, Mellen E. Barker and Lilian F. Andrews. 

Oct. 31, Freeland A- Knight and Iluldah C. Jackson of Milton PI. 

Nov. 23, James F. Flanders and Mrs. Edna A. Glines. 

1882. 

Feb. 9, Geo. E. Blanchard and Alma S. Philbrick of Roxbury. 

March 15, Chas. V. Knight and Sadie F. Edgecomb of Turner. 

April 1, Orrin S. Dyke and Effie A. Knight of Bethel, Me. 

June 7, Otis Wyman of Peru, and Emily Thompson. 

June 12. Chas. B. Wing of Wayne, and Olive M. Howe. 

Aug. 28, Llewellyn D. Elliot and Delia L. Segar. 

Oct. 25, R. F. Dillingham of Boston, Mass., and Olive B. Ripley. 

Nov. 22, Fred A. Cushman of Andover, and Mrs. Alice A. Royal. 

Nov. 23, Otis Howe and Mrs. Judith Rowe of Woodstock. 

Dec. 9, J. B. Blethen of Bath, and Hattie B. Howe. 

Dec. 11, John H. Wardwell of Andover and Lillian Eastman. 

1883. 

Jan. 10, Nelson Voung of Hartford, and Lizzie H. Young. 

March 5, Granville E. Grant and Emily Ford. 

March 19, Chas. A. Andrews of Andover, and Georgie A. Howard. 

March 20, D. A. Thurston and Nettie J. Peabod}'. 

Sept. 21, Frank B. Morey and Belle R. Ford of Lewiston. 

Sept. 2G, John E. Stephens of Waltham, Mass., and Corey E. Swain. 

Oct. 3, Edward F. Taylor and Angie Washburn of Waterford. 

Nov. 9, Frank P. Abbott of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Rosalia B. Knight. 

Dec. 5, Millard F. Virgin and Jennie W. Barker. 

1884. 

Jan. 23, Wm. L. Frost of Peru, and Ruth A. Welch. 
Feb. 4. F. B. Martin and Mary L. Knapp. 
Feb. 8, Nial F. Hoyt and Laura R. Swain. 



HISTOBY OF EUMFOBD. 283 

Feb. 18, James D. Ripley of Paris, and Cora F. Godwin. 
May 14, J. H. Halkett of Bridgton and Carrie P. Abbott. 
June 26, S. E. Childs of Milton PI., and Alice A. Webber. 
Aug. 24, Joseph Cary and Almeda E. House. 
Sept. 22. Melvin A. Rowe and Nettie Decker. 
Oct. 6, T. H. Small and Renda A. Elliott. 
Nov. 20. Amos M. Austin and Berta E. Godwin. 
Dec. 19, Sheldon R. Hawes and Alice M. Chase. 

1885. 

Teh. 26, Joseph E. Colby and Harriet D. Abbott. 

Feb. 27, Frank F. Bartlett of Hartford, and Blanche A. Abbott. 

July 20, Albert Donnell of Haverhill, Mass., and Harriet C. Ray. 

Aug. 11, Chas. G. Raymond and Ann O. Rooke. 

Aug. 12, Wm. F. Frost of Bethel, and Ruth A. Welch. 

Sept. 15, Philo B. Clark of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Laura F. Ackly. 

Oct. 22, Chas. F. Lovejoy of Andover, Me., and Rebecca D. Swain. 

Oct. 25, Samuel Dyke and Millie Howard of Mexico. 

Nov. 16, Geo. W. Hardy of Waltham, Mass., and May Belle Farnum. 

Nov. 28, Hiram A. Stone of Dixfleld, and Mrs. Georgie A. Raymond. 

Dec. 7, Geo. D. Houghton of Woodstock, and Mrs. Flora E. Anderson. 

1886. 

Jan. 2, C. R. Abbott and G. Farrar of Andover. 

Feb. 8, Warren B. Thomas and Mary A. Chisholm of Brook Village, Cape 

Bretton. 
Apr. 7, Horace F. Woods and Mary S. Silver of Washburn. 
Apr. 28, Chas. H. Abbott and Lucy W. Kimball. 
Apr. 29, Chas. H. Adams and Vesta A. Merrill. 
May 10, Ebenezer Burgess and Thirza M. Wing. 
-June 18, Orrin S. Holt of Gorham, N. H., and Hannah V. Abbott. 

1887. 
Feb. 8, Fred A. Worthly of Mexico, Me., and Barbara O. Eastman. 
May 6, Isaac Hammond and Ida O. Pettengill. 
May 9, Sidney P. Howe and Jane E. Elliott. 

May 27, Warren J. Doolittle of Boston, Mass., and Frances H. Martin. 
Oct. 2, Wm. Thomas and Mrs. Ellen E. Taylor. 
Nov. 8, Philip C. Hoyt and Mrs. Emma F. Stevens of Andover. 
Nov. 14, S. F. Estes of Bethel, and Almeda F. Eastman. 

1888. 

Feb. 20, Joshua H. Abbot and Roxie C. Swain. 

Feb. 28, Thomas B. Stevens and Lizzie Lovejoy of Milton PI. 

March 20. Wallace L. Morse and Ruth Stevens. 

Apr. 2, Mathew H. Elliott and Dolly D. Howard. 



284' HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

May 23, Joseph A. Penley, Jr., and Annie E. Hall of Peabody, Mass^ 

June 12, Fred E. Seal of Lynn. Mass., and Jennie M. Farnum. 

June 12, Marshall A. Howard and Mary A. Glover. 

Aug. 13, AVm. A. Frye and Dora A. Harlow. 

Aug. 28, Erastus B. Codding of 'I'aunton, Mass., and Susie B. Woods. 

Sept. 14, Jefterson D. Thomas and Addie K. Haynes of Peru. 

Sept. 27, Fred F. I^artlett and Sadie Warhurst of Lewiston. 

Oct. 9, Evans W. Hodgdon of Franiinghain, Mass., and Ermina A. Howe. 

Oct. 13, Freeman M. Bixby and Ida C. Spofford of Milton PI. 

Nov. 19, Edward H. Record of E. Livermore, Me., and Anna N. Putnam. 

Dec. 14, Geo. H. Perry of Topsham, and Mary S. Hodgdon. 

Dec. 24, H. H. Gleason of Mexico, Me., and Mary E. Penley. 

June 28, James H. Goodwin and Enez E. Keuerson of Bethel. 

1889. 

Feb. 13, Geo. H. Webber and Mrs. Lizzie E. Sawyer of Deering, 
Feb. 23, Henry Banker and Hulda Merrill. 



FAMILY RECORDS. 



|HE compiler is well aware of the imperfection of these family 
records, but in justification of himself, he proposes to. show 
that the fault is not his own. As soon as it was determined to 
compile and publish a history of the town, blanks were prepared 
and a sufficient number sent to Rumford to supply every family in 
town. Blanks were also sent to non-resident natives of Rumford 
so far as their places of residence could be ascertained. During 
the year 1888 and the early part of 1889, over three hundred blanks 
were sent out to be filled, and of this number only seventy-nine 
have been filled and returned. In some cases, a second blank has 
been sent and in very many instances letters have been written, 
earnestly calling attention to the matter, but as a general thing, 
they have met with no response. "Where early Rumford families 
have become extinct in town, the compiler has taken special pains 
to collect their records, and while success has in some cases crowned 
his efforts, in others it has not. He has had access to the records 
of the town, but these records are often wrong, as is evinced by the 
fact that they do not always agree with the records furnished by the 
families direct. The records of births and deaths are not, in scarcely 
any town, kept as the law requires. They are only recorded spas- 
modically and at long intervals, so that in many cases, the births in 
a family are left incomplete, and always remain so. From the 
town records that have been examined, it would seem that scarcelv 
any record of births have been made for over twenty years, while 
the law requires that they be regularly and S3'stematically kept yesLV 
after year. It is a notable fact that, with all modern facilities for 
doing it, town records, so far as they relate to births, marriages and 
deaths, are not as well kept now as they were three score years ago. 
The town records therefore, have furnished but little material for 



286 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

these genealogical sketches, aud no doubt in many cases, that little 
will prove to be incorrect, and where families have neglected to 
furnish it themselves, the records are only fragmentary and some- 
times of little value. Sketches of a large portion of the very early 
settlers and their families will be found here, and it is in the fam- 
ilies of the grandchildren of these settlers, still living and able to 
furnish the information, but have neglected to do so, that the 
records will be found most incomplete. It would not be strange, 
and in fact it would be exactly in accordance with the experience 
of the compiler in similar cases, were these same persons who have 
neglected to furnish the information asked for, the first ones ta 
complain of the imperfection of the records. But these family 
sketches incomplete and imperfect as they are, will, in the future, 
be of interest, and be more frequently referred to than any other 
part of the book. Such is invariably the case, and this will prove 
no exception. Names are recalled here which have long been for- 
gotten, and other names of former residents which, but for these 
brief pages, would soon have passed into utter oblivion. If there 
had been a representative of each family to have furnished the 
records as they have been furnished for the Virgin family, by Chap- 
lin Virgin, the Howes of Ellis river, by Lucretia T. Howe, and the 
Lufkins and Kimballs by Merrit N. Lufkin, there would have l>een 
much less cause of complaint. These persons have responded 
promptly' to every call for information, and have even in some cases, 
furnished information for families that neglected to furnish it for 
themselves. In the list of those who have acted promptly in giving 
information should also be mentioned James S. Morse and Henry 
M. Colby. All these have the grateful thanks of the compiler. 
The families are arranged alphabetically and where records are 
manifestly incomplete, the fact is generally stated that they are from 
the town records. 



Abbot. 

The families of Abbot have been more numerous in this town 
than any other and are still so. They are all of old Audover stock 
but came here generally by way of Concord, N. H. Both of the 
Andover families are represented here, and by inter-marriages both 
at Concord and here, are related to many of the Rumford families 
not bearing this name. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 287 

Moses Abbot, sou of Nathaniel and Miriam (Chandler) Abbot 
of Concord, N. H., and grandson of Nathaniel Abbot, an original 
proprietor of Concord, who married Penelope Ballard, was born 
June 19, 1750, and married Mary Bachelder of Loudon, N. H. 
Among his sons was : 

John Abbot b. Sept. 6, 1779, married in 1801, Hannah Flanders, 
and settled in what is now Hanover. 

Children : 
i Hazen F., b. March 23, 1801, m. May 29, 1822, Hannah Martin of 
Rumford, who was boru June 2, 1802. 

11 N'ancy IF., b. May 9, 1803, Hauover. 

ill Hiram, b. Feb. 2, 1806, m. Apr. 28, 1833, Mary Huston. 

Iv Polly, b. Dec. 29, 1808, m. Oct. 5, 1826, Isaac Hall. 

V John G., b. March 27, 1812, ra. Sophia Huston. 

vi Emily, b. June 1814, m. 1836, Asa Ethrldge of Hauover. 
vU Andrew, b. Sept. 6, 1816, ni. Penla Smith of Newry. 

Hazen F. Abbot, son of John and Hannah (Flanders) Abbot, 
born March 23, 1801, married May 29, 1822 Hannah, daughter of 
Daniel Martin of Rumford. He lived and died at North Rumford. 

Children : 

1 Henry M., b. Aug. 23, 1823, m. 1856, Arabella C. Howard. 

11 Dolly M., b. Sept. 2, 1826, m. Marshall Colby. 

iii Susan V., b. Oct. 29, 1827, m. Geo. W. Perry, d. Dec. 31, 1870. 

Iv Marshall F., b. Jan. 21, 1829, d. Oct. 2, following, 

v Hannah A., b. Aug. 25, 1830, d. Nov. 17, following, 

vi Hannah A., b. Aug. 23, 1832, m. Frank J. Hoyt. 

vU Lucetta A., b. July 12, 1835, m. Preston 0. Howard, 

vlli Hazen M., b. Dec. 20, 1836, m. Abble A. Martin and d. Aug. 28, 1865. 

Hiram Abbot, son of John, b. Feb. 2, 1806, married Apr. 28, 1833, 
Mary Huston who was born in Farmington Jan. 11, 1805; moved 
from Charlestown, Mass., to Rumford about 1840, and was a farmer. 

Children : 

I Hannah H, b. Charlestown, Mass., March 2, 1834, m. Sept. 20, 1859, 

William Andrews. 

II Hiram F., b. June 2, 1835, m. Feb. 10, 1864, Mary J. Mansur. 
Hi William W., b. July 5, 1837, ra. Aug. 1, 1860, Harriet Phllbrlck. 

iv Lucy Ann, b. May 27, 1839, m. Feb. 1, 1864, Charles Smith, and d.. 
Jan. 22, 1865. 

V Edioin F., b. in Rumford Sept. 11, 1841, d. Dec. 1, 1844. 
vi George, b. Sept. 27, 1843, not married. 



288' HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 

Philip Abbot, brother of Moses preceding, and son of Nathaniel 
and Miriam (Chandler) Abbot, b. Feb. 4, 1757, married Feb. 10, 
1791, Experience Howe who was born Apr. 1, 1771. He died 
April 16, 1841. 
Childi-en : 

i Susanna, b. June 26, 179.S, m. June 20, 1815, Rufus Virgin, 
ii Betsey, b. August 10, 1795, m. Oct. 1, 1822, Joseph Baxter, Jr.. of 

Boston, 
iii Parna, b. Apr. 10, 1797, d. Apr. 8, 1801. 
iv David, b. Feb. 5, 1799, d. July 1, 1808. 

V Philip, b. Dec. 11, 1800, m. Feb. 16, 1823, widow Lucina White of 
Dixfield, Me. She was born May 2, 1786, and died June 24, 1841. 
vi Levi, b. Nov. 4, 1802, m. Feb. 4, 1825, Vashti Wheeler. 
vii Sophia, b. Apr. 4, 1805. m. Simeon Parlin. 
viii Chandler, b. Oct. 10, 1807, ni. Charity Durgin. 
ix David, b. Nov. 16, 1809. 

Levi Aabot, son of the preceding, born Nov. 4, 1802, married 
in 1825, Vashti, daughter of Wm. Wheeler. This family in 1850, 
was living in Dixfield. 

Children : 

i Dexter D. W., b. July 8, 1826, m. Drusilla . He was the first 

proprietor of the Mount Zircon Mineral Spring and House. He 
died and his widow married Jefferson Jackson of Milton PI. 
ii Sophia Scott, b. June 17, 1828. 

iii Victor M., b. Oct. 11, 1831, m. . He was a physician and died 

in Mexico, 
iv William Wheeler, b. Dec. 20. 1835. 
V Paris Baxter, b. Dec. 18, 1843. 

Chandler Abbot, son of Philip and Experience (Howe) Abbot, 
was married first. May 31, 1831, to Charity Durgin who was born 
in Bowdoin, Me., Feb. 23, 1813, ])y Rev. Daniel Gould. She died 
Nov. 10, 1850, and he married second, Nov. 9, 1858, Mary E. 
Chadbourne, who was born in Kennebunk, May 17, 1824. He is a 
carpenter and farmer who resides at East Rumford. 

Children : 

i Chloe F., b. June 12, 1834, m. 1856, Hunii)hrey Ackley. 

ii Cynthia J., b. March 3, 1S36, m. 1858, Charles H. Ackley. 

iii Chelsea C, b. Sept. 9, 1838. 

iv Charles L., b. Jan. 3, 1841, d. Aug. 29, 1858. 

v Charity E., b. Oct. 25, 1850, d. Apr. 16, 1866. 



HLSrOBY OF BUM FORD. 289 

David Abbot, father of Moses and Philip and son of Nathaniel 
and Miriam Chandler Abbot, born Aug. 8, 1770, married Betsey 
Colsqn of Sumner, who was born in Weymouth, Mass., Aug. 8, 
1780, and died Feb. 16, 1821. He married second, Betsey, widow 
of Isaac Knight and daughter of Jacob and Sally (Matthews) 
Twitchell of Paris, who survived him. He was the proprietor of 
Abbot's Mills, so called, on Concord river in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Vesta, b. Dec. 28, 1802, m. Nov., 1822, John Ackley. 
ii Lau7'a, b. Aug. 12, 1804, m. WiUiam Moody, 
iii Arvilla, b. Dec. 30, 1807, m. Dec. 7, 1834, John Martin, 
iv Gideo7i Colson, b. Nov. 29, 1809, m. 1833, Cervilla Barker. 
V Lima, b. Oct. 1, 1811, m. April, 1835, Timothy Walker, 
vi Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1813, ni. Apr., 1837, Charles A. Kimball, 
vii Sanuiel Vincent, b. May 22, 1816, m. 1843, Mary W. Kyle, 
viii James Webster, b. Aug. 27, 1818, m. 1844, Ann Eitchie; resides in 

Northumberland, N. H. 
ix Deban Bensalier, b. Feb. 16, 1821, never m., d. on passage to Cali- 
fornia. 

Gideon C. Abbot, m. Cervilla, daughter of Samuel Barker of 
Eumford. He was generally known as "Colson" Abbot. 

Children : 

i Charles Lyman, b. June 14, 1834, m. Mills. 

ii Josiah Keijes, b. March 12, 1836, in California, 

iii 8. Emily, b. May 4, 1839, m. Charles Martin, d. Apr. 19, 1865. 

iv Elias Barker, b. Nov. 25, 1841. 

v Cervilla, b. Oct. 19, 1843, m. Henry Stevens, 

vi Olive A., b. Dec. 29, 1846, d. Apr. 4, 1864. 

vii Bozilla W.,\). Oct. 24, 1849. 

viii James W., b. June 9, 1853, died. 

ix Edwin, b. Nov. 24, 1856, m. Frances F. Stevens. 

Samuel Vincent Abbot, son of David Abbot, married Mary W. 
Kyle. He is the well known proprietor of Abbot's Mills situated 
on the Concord river. 

Children : 

I Walter S., b. Nov. 22, 1844, m. Mary Kimball, died in Norway Dec. 

23, 1887. 
ii Ellen 31., b. Apr. 30, 1847, m. Florus H. Bartlett. 
iii Fred V., b. May 11, 1852, m. Katie Littlehale. 

Jacob Abbot, sou of Nathaniel and Betsey (Farnum) Abbot of 
Concord, N. H., b. Jan. 16, 1769, m. 1802, Betsey Knapp, b. 

19 



29a HISTORY OF EUMFOnD. 

March 4, 1782. He died January 13, 1838, aud she iu 1831. He 
lived at the Falls. 

Children : 

i Nathan, b. Nov. 18, 1804, m. May IS, 1824, Betsey Wood, 

ii Enthir. b. May 27, 1809. ni. Jan. 14, 1844. Leander Howard, 

iii Johii, b. Aug. 14, 1813, ni. Apr. 14, 1839, Charlotte Haycock, 

iv Daniel 6'., b. Feb. 21, 181G, ra. Jan. 14, 1841, Cynthia' Farnum. 

V Betsey F.. b. January 8, 1819, ni. May 9. 1837, Peter D. Brackett. 
vi Hosilla, b. Jan. 9, 1822. m. May 12, 1844, Daniel Porter. 

vii 3Ieliss((, b. May 3. 1828. 

Henry Ahuot, In-other of the preceding, born July 24, 1774, 
married in 1798, Susan Hall. He was by occupation a tanner, and 
was also a noted hunter, and lived near the Falls. 

Children : 

i David, b. Sept. 26, 1798, in. Azubah Morse. 

ii Harriet, b. Sept. 23, 1800, m. Wesley Palmer of Hopkinton, N. H. 
iii Jamb, b. Aug. 28, 1802, ni. Prudence Pufter. 

iv Judith, b. Sept. 1, 1804. in. Trueworth}^ W. Chesley of Gilnianton, 
N. H. 

V JVancy, b. Sept. 20, 1806, ni. Haines Stevens. 

vi Susan, b. Sept. 21, 1808, ui. Mark Tarbox of Stoddard, X. II. 

vii Stephen Hall, b. Oct. 12, 1810, m. Sarah J. Small, 

viii Benjamin E., b. Sept. 8, 1812, m. Mahala, dau. of James Godwin. 

ix Asa, b. Sept. 10, 1814, m. Octavia Godwin. 

X Loren. b. and d. iu 1816. 

xi Lijdia, b. 27, 1818, m. Kimball Martin, Jr. 

xii Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1823, m. Rebecca W. Hall, 2, Charlotte A. Waite. 

David Abbot, son of Henry Abbot, married in 1821, Azubah 
Morse of Andover. 

Children : 

i W Henry, b. Jan. 13, 1822, m. Mary Ann Philbrook. 
ii Charles B., b. May 29, 1823, in. Sarah E. Elliot, 
iii Mary A., b. Feb. 18, 1830, m. Alfred Morton. 

CuAKLES Ii. Abbot, son of David and Azubah (Morse) Abbot, 
born May 29, 1826, married June 12, ISo.t, Sopliia, daughter of 
Thomas Carter Elliot. He is a farmer and lives in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Charles Ford, b. June 7, 1858. 
ii Carrie P., b. Oct. 22. 1860, m. J. Henry Halkett. 
iii Ella S., b. Sept. 22, 1864, ra. Edwin A. Brown. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 291 

Stephen II. Abbot, sou of Heury Abbot, inaiTied Surah J. 
Small, 

Children : 

i Francis M., b, Oct. 12, ISoC. ii Adeline L., h. Apr. 8, 1838; iii 
Augustus ]V.. b. Oct. 12, 1843; iv EUen E., b. Dec. 9, 1849. 

Benjamin E. Abbot married Mahala F. Godwin. 

Children : 

i Julia E., b. Nov. 20, 1842. ii Floretta L., b. July 31, 1845. iii 
Delia B.. b. Oct. 29, 1848. iv Mary C, b. Apr. 9, 18o2. v Emma i?., b. 
Oct. 11. 1857. vi Edvnn £"., b. Feb. 10, 18G1. 

Henry Abbot, Jr., married first, Rozilla W., daughter of Daniel 
Hall, March 4, 1847. For second wife he married Charlotte, 
daughter of Aaron and Charlotte Waite of Dixfield, March 15, 1854. 
He is a farmer. 

Children : 

i Flora £"., b. Dec. 18, 1848. 
ii Wallace M., b. Oct. 4, 1852, d. Aug. 24, 1864. 
iii Walter A., b. Oct. 4, 1852. 
By second Avif e : 
iv Carroll W., b. Aug. 29, 1855, m. Georgia A. Wilson, 1882. He grad- 
uated at Maine Medical Sciiool and resides in Albion. 
V Rose A., b.Wpr. 28, 1860. 
vi Charles H , b. Oct. 9, 1864, in. Lucy Kimball, 1886. 

Joseph Abbot, son of Daniel and Deborah (Davis) Ahljot of 
Concord, N. H., b. May 4, 1782, married March 3, 1805, Judith 
Blanchard. 

Children : 

i Joshua, b. Oct. 8, 1805, m. May 15, 1834. Charlotte Elliot, 

ii Edward A., b. Aug. 12, 1807. d. same year, 

iii Dorothy, b. Dec. 11, 1808, m. Henry Durgin of Mexico, 

iv Deborah, b. Jan. 11, 1811, m. Philip M. Wheeler. 

V Betsey, b. March 21, 1813, m. Cyrus Elliot, 

vi Osgood, b. Oct. 15, 1816, m. Harriet Ackley of Lowell, 

vii Livermore, b- Sept. 15, 1818. 

viii William M., b. Sept. 13, 1820, m. Caroline C. Kimball of Mexico.- 

ix Ivory, b. April 20, 1822, m. Luciuda Smith of Mexico. 

Jeremiah Abbot, twin brother of the preceding, b. May 4, 1782, 
m. 1st, Judith Rolfe. 

Children : 

i Daniel, b. Aug. 12, 1805, m. Jan. 3, 1828, Sally Lovejoy. 



292" HISTORY OF ItUMFORD. 

ii Mary^ b. April G, 1807, m. Farwell Wultou. Wostbrook. 

iii Lydia, b. Sept. 30, 1808, m. Justus Austin. 

iv Davis, b. July 12, 1810, m. Mary Ann Patrick. 

V Elbridge G., b. March 11, 1812, ni. Deborah \\. Hall. II»> iliod in 

Peru, Oct. 22, 1845. 

vi Charles, b. Dec. li), 181.S, ni. Angeline Cook, 

vii Amia, b. Sept. 29, 1815. d. July 14, 1810. 

viii Liicinda, b. March 4. 1818, ni. William Adams of Andover. 

ix Anna, b. Apr. 20, 1820, ni. June 20, 1843, James Bragg of AndovfM-. 

X Simeon, b. May 11, 1822, d. Feb. 12. 1824. 

xi Priscilla W., b. July 21, 1824. m. Ira Parlin, Jr.. of Weld. 

Daniel Auuot, Jr., brother of the preceding, born June 17, 
1792, married June 4, 1820, Sally Johnson. 

Children : 

i Joseph S., b. Nov. 16, 1821. d. March 21, 1841. 
ii Sarah A., b. Sept. 2G, 1823, d. May 1, 1824. 
iii Bosnia W., b. Dec. 30, 182G. 
iv Arixene S., b. July 5, 1830, d. March 24, 1831. 

V Henry S.,h. July 20, 1833. 

vi Mary J., b. March 17, 183G. d. Apr. 26, following. 

' Eben Abbot, son of John and Ruth (Lovejoy) Abbot, born Jan. 
30, 1792, married Feb. 17, 1820, Catherine Farnum who was born 
Dec. 14, 1797. The last three children were born in Krrol, N. H. 
Mrs. Abbot, a widow, is living in Hanover. 

Children : 

i Horatio Nelson, h. Nov. 29. 1820, m. Adeli/.a Thompson, d. 1886. 
ii Cleopatra Paulina, b. Feb. 3, 1822, m. Edmund Abbot, 
iii Barzilla Cushman, b. Feb. 22, 1824, m. Mary Hugh, 
iv Caroline Matilda, b. Nov. 19, 1825, m. 1853, .Jesso B. Howe. 

V Sophia Cordelia, b. July 15, 1827, m. Wm. F. Putnam. 

vi Charles Robinson, b. Feb. 12, 1830, m. 185G. Alice Jane Hutchius, and 

2d, Julia Foster. Charles R. Abbot died Apr. 29, 1877. 
t 

i 

Enos Abbot, sou of Enos and Sarah (Faruuiu) Abbot, born in 

Andover January 1, 1795, married Polly K., daughter of Dea. 

Hezekiah Hutehins of Kuniford. He was a wheelwright and farmer, 

and lived at North Rumford. He died in Rumford Apr. 27, 18G7, 

and she in Andover, Nov. 4, 1883. 

Children : 

i Sally E., b. March IG. 182.!, m. Asa Iliclianlsoii. ii ]fr-,ki<ili 
Hutehins, b. March 18, 1825. iii Joseph Hutchius, b. Apr. 27, 1829. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 293 

Edmund Abbot, born Sept. 26, 1807, married Mary A. Rolfe 
who was born Dec. 14, 1809. 

Childi-en : 

i Ebediah Bartlett, b. July 7, 1830. ii Mary Stewart^ b. . iii 

Bimsley Stevens, b. March 7, 1832. iv Miriam Rolfe, b. March 10, 1837. 
V. Helen Mariah, b. Apr. 11, 1839. 

David Abbot, 2d, married 1824, Anna Harper. 

Children : 

i 6?aZen,b. Feb. 6, 1825. ii Calvin Merrill, h. Aug. 17, 1S27. iii Alan- 
son Mellen, b. Aug. 29, 1829. iv David Cullen, b. Dec. 23, 1831. v 
Minerva Ann, b. Oct. 7, 1833, d. Oct. 8, 1840. vi Greenville, b. Aug. 27, 
1834. vii Lansette, b. Nov. 30, 1837, d. Oct. 22, 1840. viii Spencer, b. 
Feb. 9, 1840. ix DeWitt Clinton, b. Nov. 3, 1842. 

William D. Abbot, married Catherine G 

Children : 

i iJfanou ^., b. July, 1858. ii MZZiam Z>., b. May 27, 1861. iii Freeland 
D., b. June 26, 1863. iv Asa E., b. Sept. 26, 1865, d. June 11, 1868. v 

Albert P., b. Aug. 10, 1868, d. Feb. 8, 1874. vi G., b. Nov. 12, 

1870. vii Ji/ary J£'h"2a,b. March 12, 1873. viii ^mma /S'.,b. June 12, 1875. 

Phineas W. Abbot married Fanny M. Bean. 

Children : 
i Lillian A., b. Aug. 7, 1861. ii Belinda A., b. Nov. 3, 1863. 

Henry M. Abbot married Abbie. 

Childi'en : 
1 Hattie D., b. June 28, 1864. 

ACKLEY. 

Samuel Ackley, born in Boston July 17, 1763, married Eliza- 
beth, daughter of William and Rachel (Hodgkius) Moody. He was 
a soldier of the Revolution, a pensioner, and lived to a great age. 
He came to Rumford from Danville. 

Children : 

1 William, b. Dec. 12, 1792, m. Deborah Capeu. 

ii Sally, b. July 4, 1794. 

iii Samuel, b. March 27, 1796. 

iv John. b. Dec. 24, 1798, m. Vesta Abbot. 

V Rachel, b. Aug. 30, 1799. 

vi Betsey, b. July 30, 1801. 



294 HIS TOUT OF liUMFOnn. 

vii James, b. Oct. 27, 1808. 

viii Joseph, b. Marcb 17, 180G, d. youii'j. 

ix Susan, b. Apr. 12, 1801). 

X Joseph, b. Apr. 4, 1811, in. ]Mary Brown. 

William Ackley, sou of the preceding, married Deborah, 
daughter of Thomas Capen. 

Childreu : 
i Thomas Jefferson, b. March 4, 1818. ii Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1820. Hi 

Mary, b. Sept. , d, Aug. 31, 1823. iv Georye W., b. July 26, 1824. 

V William B., b. Nov. 21, 1827. vi Hosea, b. Dec. 12, 1829. vii Ezra, 
b. Sept. 29, 1831. viii z:.s</ifr, b. Sept. 27, 1835. 

John Ackley, brother of the preceding, born Dec. 24, 1798, 
married Vesta Abbot, who was born Dec. 'IS, 1802, and died Dec. 
6, 1840. 

Children : 

i Betsey C, b. Nov. 19, 1823. ii Maxilana, b. Feb. 2, 1826. iii George 
II., b. Sept. 16, 1828. iv ArviUa, b. June 20, 1830. v Charles II., b. 
June 24, 1832. vi Cynthia Mar ia,'b..^\x\\Q''20,\%'m. vii Auyiistiis Octavus, 
b. Feb. 22, 1839. 

Joseph Ackley, brother of the preceding, b. 1811, married Mary 
Brown, who was born in 1812. He lived in Milton Plantation. 

Children : 

i Benjamin F., b. 1840. ii 31ary E., b. 1-841, m. Alfred W. Stearns. 
iii Marfjaret L., b. 184-5. iv Joseph II., b. 1847. v Octavus, b. 1849. 

Adams. 

Adams is a very common name in England. In Wales it was 
early called Ap Adam, and in Scotland the name still ajipears as 
McAdam. We also have the name of Adamson, and tliese several 
names have the same signification, namely "Son of xVdam." Some 
have claimed to have traced the famil}^ back to the early part of the 
thirteenth ccntur}', to a titled Ap Adam of tlie Welsli ^Nlarclies, Init 
much of it is spurious and especially lliat portion which claims to 
connect Henry Adams, the emigrant ancestor of President John 
Adams, with the Welsh nobleman. There were a dozen or more 
persons bearing this name of Adams who came early to New Eng- 
land, and some of those who bore the name of IMcAdam when they 
came, dropped the prefix and adding its ecpiivaleiit s became Adams. 



HISrOBY OF BUMFOBD. 295 

William' Adams, a blockmaker, appeared in Cambridge, Mass., 
in 1635. In 1640, he was at Ipswich. He was a commoner in 
1641, made a freeman, and was selectman of the town in 1646. 
Authorities differ as to the year of his death. His will was proved 
in Ipswich Court March 25, 1662, but no trace of the document 
can now be found. Nathaniel and Samuel Adams, in 1668, exe- 
cuted articles of agreement concerning the estate of their father, in 
which they speak of their mother then living, their sisters and their 
brother John. There is nothing on record giving tlie name of his 
wife, and his family record is incomplete. He lived in that part of 
ancient Ipswich called "The Hamlet," and since incorporated as 
Hamilton. 

Children : 

i William^ ^ b. . m. Stacey. 

11 John'^^ b. 1631, m. Rebecca . 

iii Samuel^ ^ b. , m. Mehitable Norton. 

iv Hannah^, b. , m. Dec. 6, 1659, Francis Muncey. 

V Man/, b. , m. P"eb. 29, 1660, Thomas French. 

vi Nathaniel'', b. 1641. 

Nathaniel'^ Adams was a prominent man in Ipswich as is shown 
in the fact that in the early records, the honorary title of Mr. is 
always prefixed to his name. He was a freeman in 1674, and united 
with the church in Aug. 11, 1674. He married Mercy, daughter of 
Thomas Dickenson of Rowley. His tombstone in the old Ipswich 
burying ground, bearing the following inscription is still shown : 

"Mr. Nathaniel Addams died Apr. ye 11, 1715. 
in ye 74 year of his age. 
no^v hes gon to eternall rest 
God w^ill him safely keep, 
Although hes buried in ye dust 

In Jesus he doth sleep. 
O YOU his children that are left 

I pray let some be FOUND 

That do endeavor to make good 

Your foregon leaders ground. 
Grave saint behind that cannot find 

Thy old love night nor morn 
Pray look above for theres your love 

Singing with ye first-born." 

The children of Nathaniel and Mercy Adams were : 
i NatlmnieJ^, b. Julj' 11, 1670. ii Thomas^, b. June 14, 1672, m. 



296 HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

Bethiah . iii Mcrc)/.^ b. Apr. 1. 1074, d. you^^^ iv Sarah^, b. 

July 10, l(!7r>, m. , Fairfield, v William^ b. June 29, 1078. vi 

Mercy^, h. March 18, 1680. in. 1st. John Smith, and 2d, Arthur Abbot. 
vii Sainnel^^ b. January 29, 1682. 

Thomas^ Akams, son of the preceding, lived in Ipswich and died 
there. His wife was Bethiah. 

Children : 

i Bpthiah\ b. Oct. 21, 1694, d. young. 
11 Sarah*^ b. Apr. 2, 1697, m. Josiah Bishop. 
ill Thomas*, b. Aug. 31, 1699. 
iv Joseph*, b. Nov. 12, 1702. 

V Lt/din*, b. Dec. 16, 1704, m. Benjamin Woodbury. 

vi ElizdhHh*, b. .June 22, 1707, m. Peter Lamson of Ipswich. 

vii Benjnmin*, h. Apr. 22, 1710. 

viii Charles*, b. 1712, m. Mary Perkins of AVenham. 

ix Bethiah*, b. 1714, d. young. 

Thomas^ Adams, sou of the preceding, resided in Ipswich and 
was an active and influential citizen. He was one of the proprietors 
of New Ii)swich, N. H., and owned five rights in the township, two 
of which he gave to two of his sons who settled there. 

Children : 

i Thomas'% b. Feb. 15, 1723. 
ii Ezekiel^, b. Apr. 23, 1725, m. Judith Preston of Rowley. 

iii Ephrnim^, b. , 1726. He married Apr. 6, 1747, I^ydia Kinsman 

and settled in New Ipswich where he was one of the foremost 
citizens of that town. He served in the French and Indian wars. 

iv Benjamin'', b. , 1728, married his cousin Priscilla Adams, and 

settled in New Ipswich, N. H. 
V Joseph^, b. , 1733, d. young. 

EzEKiEL* Adams, son of the preceding, was a resident of "The 
Hamlet" in Ipswich and also in Beverly. In 1748, he married 
Judith, daughter of Nehcmiah Preston of Kowleywho died Aug. 19, 
179.'5. He died Dec. lo following. 

Children : 

i Ezekiel Jr*^., b. Sept. 17, 17.")0. He enlisted from Ipswich, was in the 
battle of Concord and Lexington, and served throughout the war. 
ii Rachel^, b. Oct. 27, 17.51. 
iii Joseph^, b. Nov. 6, 1753. 
iv Benjamin^, b. Dec. 15, 1755, d. 1779 in tlie army in New York. 

V Xathan^, b. Dec. 1, 1757, m. 1st, Betsey Poor, 2d, Marj' B. Shaw. 
vi Stephen*, b. Oct. 25, 17.59. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 297 

vii Isaac\ b. Oct. 10, 1761. 

viii Judith^ b. Oct. 9, 1763. 

ix Anna^, b. April 7, 1766, d. in Beverly. 

X Nehemiah^ b. March 27, 17G8. 

Nathan* Adams, sou of the preceding, was a resident of Andover, 
Mass., and served as first lieutenant in a company raised in Andover 
for service in the war of the revohition. He was married at Andover 
Dec. 1, 1785, to Betsej', daughter of Eben Poor. He was one of 
the grantees and proprietors of East Andover, Me., and moved 
there with his family, but after a few years he sold out to Moses 
Merrill, and moved to Bethel. He was a cabinet-maker and much 
of the furniture in use by the early Andover people, was his work. 
While in Bethel he was chosen one of the selectmen. In 1803, he 
bought of the widow of John Stevens of Concord, a valuable tract 
of land in Rumford, next to what is now Hanover line. Here he 
lived until old age. He died in Mexico in 1831. For second wife 
he married June, 1799, Mrs. Mary Bartlett, widow of Jonathan 
Bartlett of Bethel, and daughter of Capt. Josiah Shaw. 

Children : 

i Eliza'', b. Aug. 28, 1786, d. Apr. 18, 1788. 
ii Nathan'', b. Jan. 28, 1788, m. Susan Merrill, 
iii Eliza\ b. Sept. 21, 1790, m. March 16, 1814, Elias Bartlett of Bethel^ 

and d. May 26, 1815. 
iv Charles', b. Sept. 14, 1792. He was a jeweller, went to New Or- 
leans and d. unmarried. 
V Susan Poor', b. Aug. 9, 1794, m. 1818, Samuel Putnam, Jr. 
vi Charlotte', b. Aug. 7, 1796, m. Rev. Anson Hubbard, 
vii Isaac', b. July 27, 1798, d. Oct. 25, 1799. 

viii Harriet'', by second marriage, b. in Bethel Aug. 30, 1800, ni. Solo- 
mon Cushman. 

Nathan^ Adams, Jr., was married by Rev. John Strickland, 
March 17, 1817, to Susan, daughter of P^zekiel Merrill who was 
born in Andover, Me., July 13, 1791, and was the first child of 
English parentage born in that towu. Mr. Adams occupied the 
homestead in Rumford near Hanover line, until his death which 
occurred January 26, 1830, as the result of a fall in his barn. 

Children : 

i Milton^, b. Apr. 15, 1818, d. Sept. 7, 1819. 
ii John Milton^, b. Sept. 22, 1819, m. 1st, Sophia E. Preble, and 2d, 

Adele S. Hobbs. 
iii Charles'", b. July 10, J821, d. Nov. 14, 1845, unmarried^ 



298 HISTORY OF nUMFOlW. 

iv Nathan Emn-f, b. Apr. 2, 1824, d. Dec. 30, 1840. 
V Susan McrriW, b. July 15, 182G, m. June 15, 1849, Dr. George L. 

Peaslee of Wilton, :ind died Dec. IG, 1871. 
vi Henri/ Sinitli'*, b. Aug. 7, 1828. He was a civil engineer, went to 

Cuba where he died of yellow fever June 2, 18r)4. 

John* Milton Adams, son of the preceding (see sketch), mar- 
ried, Sept. 16, 1850, Mrs. Sophia E. (Wattles) Pre])le, widow of 
Edward E. Preble, who was a sou of Commodore Edward Preble of 
the United States Navy. She was a native of Virginia. In 1862 
they sepai'ated for incompatibility, and a divorce followed. April 
18, 1867, he married Adela Sophronia, daughter of William Whit- 
man and Sarah Farrington (Merrill) Hobbs of Norway. 

Children : 

i Susan MrrriJl,^, b. May 13, 1870. ii Samh Whitman^ b. Feb. 3, 1874. 
fli John Milton^, b. June 11, 1877. iv Adela Hobbs\ b. July 20, 1880. v 
Charles Henrij\ b. March 21, 1883. 

Enoch Adams, sou of Henry and Mehitable (Emery) Adams, 
born in Newbury, Mass., July 20, 1752, married at Andover, Mass., 
Aug. 6, 1775, Sarah IJragg, who was boru June 14, 1751). They 
were early settlers in Andover, Maine, where Mrs. Adams died July 
9, 1801. He died August 19, 1819. Enoch Adams descended from 
Robert Adams who was early at Newbury. 

Children : 

i Enochs b. June 23, 177'.), m. Lucy Strickland. 

ii John Emery, h. Dec. 5, 1780, ni. Sally Moody. 

iii Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1782. 

iv Doll!/, b. Nov. 17. 1784. 

V Joseph, b. Apr. 4, 1788, ra. Betsey Farnuni. 

vi Henry, b. Aug. 15, 175)0. 

vii Moses, b. June 17, 1793, m. Dorcas F'arnuni. 

viii ^fary, b. May 30, 1796, m. Adam Willis of llmiover. 

ix Samuel, b. Sept. 7, 1798. 

X William, b. March 23. 1801. 

Enoch Adams, .Ik., was for a time a resident of Kumford, and 
in trade here, but he returned to Andover. He married Luc}', a 
daughter of Rev. John Strickland of Andover. Tlu-ee of his chil- 
dren only are on record here luit the following gives the family in 
full : 

i Sally Bra'jfj, b. Aug. 19. 1808, d. Feb. 4, 1809. 
ii Enoch Milton, b. Jan. 12, 1810, d. Apr., 1811. 







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HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 299 

iii William, b. Oct. 7, 1811, ni. May 15, 1838, Luciuda Hall, d. Maj- 18, 

1879. 
iv John Wesley, b. Feb. 9, 1814, m. 1840, Euphrasia Blodgett, d. July, 

1871. 

V Julia, b. Sept. 2, 1816, m. March 3, 183.5, D. B. Sawyer. 
vi Fmily, ( m. N. Fickett, d. Apr. 14, 1851. 

j twins, b. Dec. 27. 1817. 
vii Harriet, [m. Simeon Shurtleff, d. in Portland, March 4, 1844. 
viii Almira, b. May 16, 1824, m. 1851, John A. Bolster, d. Mar. 11, 1879. 
ix Mary, b. July 12, 1826, m. 1854, J. B. Lovejoy. 
X Enoch, b. May 21, 1829, m. Mary H. Case. He is a physician in 

Litchfield, Me. 
xi Dolly Farrington, b. May 31, 1831, d. May 19, 1845. 

John Emery Adams of Rumford married Sally Moody of Audover. 
He resided at the Center and had a grant for a ferry at that place. 
The family record is probably incomplete. He moved to Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

Children : 

i John Emery, b. Dec. 22, 1805. ii Sarah Moody, b. Feb. 9, 1808. iii 
Lydia Bartlett, b. Nov. 15, 1809. 

Dr. Joseph Adams, son of Enoch and SaUy (Bragg) Adams of 
Andover, came here from Sumner. His wife was Betsey Farnum 
of Rumford. 
Children : 

i David Farnum, b. Standish, March 4, 1813, m. Dorcas V. Glines, d. 

Caribou, 
ii Erasmus Darwin, b. Sumner Dec. 31, 1814, m. Catherine Sturgis. 
iii Maria BartleU, b. March 20, 1817, m. David H. Goodenow. 
iv Warren Mann, b. June 12, 1819, m. Adrian Washburn. 

V Mabel Waite, b. July 13, 1821, d. Sept., 1822. 

vi Henry Milgrove, b. July 23, 1823, m. 1st, Cordelia Hill. 2d. Lottie 

Hill, 
vii Martha H, b. Aug. 29, 1825, m. Wm. W. Bolster, 
viii Mark T., b. Aug. 19, 1835, m. Emily L. Wardwell. 

MosES Adams, son of Enoch and Sally (Bragg) Adams, married 
Dorcas, daughter of David Farnum, who was born Sept. 12, 1799. 
He was a mill-wright and died in Ohio in the Autumn of 1833. His 
widow married Bradbury Richardson and died in JMilton Plantation 
Jan. 20, 1873. 

Children : 

i Adam Willis, b. 1818, m. Ann M. Bean, 
ii Elias Bartlett, b. 1822, d. 1884 unmarried. 



300 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

iii Augustus IL^ b. Nov. G, 1827, m. April 8, 1855, Mary A. Harriman. 
He resides in Hjivcrhill, Mass., and has, 1, Emma Isabel, b. Feb. 
11, 1856. ra. E. S. Noyes; 2, Carrie Z,., b. Nov. 22, 1858, m. Wm. 
M. Nichols. 

Adam W. Adams married Ann M, Bean. 

Children : 

i Alvin E., b. Apr. IS, 1847, d. July 13, 1861. 
ii Lewis E., b. Jan. 10, 1849. 
iii Hele7ia M., b. Feb. 20, 1862, d. Apr. 1, 1864. 
iv John ir., b. Apr. 3, 1865. 

"Warren M. Adams ra. Adrian, daughter of James and Clarissa 
(Thomas) AVashburn of Hartford. He is a blacksmith and farmer. 

Children : 

i Elmah Darwin, b. March 18, 1847, d. Feb. 28, 1850. 
ii Charles H.. b. January 5, 1849, ra. Vesta A. Merrill, 
iii Clara F.. b. July 7, 1851, m. Virgil E. Fuller, 
iv E}nma Matilda, b. May 11, 1861, d. Feb. 21, 1862. 

Andrews. 

Jeremiah Andrews was born Apr. 6, 1757, perhaps at Concord, 
Mass. He was among the early settlers of Temple, N. H. He was 
a soldier in the patriot army from the beginning of the war nearly 
to the end. He married in 1784, at Temple, Elizabeth Sawtelle, 
who was born iu Shirley, Mass., January '12, 17G5. Soon after his 
marriage he came to Bethel and died there iu 1826. 

Children : 

1 Hezekiah, b. Oct. 4, 1784, lu. Phebc, dauu;hter of Samuel Kimball 

of Bethel, 

ii Jeremiah, b. May 28, 1780, m. Annie Hodsdon, s. Kumford. 

iii William, b. Apr. 8, 1788^ m. Betsej'^ Estes, s. Bethel, 

iv Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1790. d. March 3, 1804. 

V Salome, b. Apr. 8. 1702, ni. VA\ llowe, s. Bethel, 

vi Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1794, m. Jolui Estes, s. Bftlicl. 

vii Elsie, b. March 12, 1796, ni. Utis Ilowe, s. Ifuniford. 

viii Amos, b. Jan. 15, 1798, m. Hannah Bean, s. Bethel, 

ix Ihildah, b. Feb. 21, 1801, m. Eliphas Powers. 

X Man/, b. Januarj' 21, 1804, m. Ilosca Huntress, 

xi Eliza, b. July 27. 1806. m. James Estes, s. Bethel. 

xii Julia, b. June 18, 1809, m. Franklin Stearns, s. Hanover, 

xiii Hannah, b. July 20, 1812, m. Jonathan Powers, s. Hanover. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 301 

Jeremiah Andrews Jr., son of the preceding, resided near 
Eiimford Point, and died in 1863. He married in 1807, Anne, 
daughter of Stephen Hodsdon. 

Children. 

i Stephen H., b. 1810, went west. 

ii Joseph Bussell, b. 1812, m. Mary S. Elliot, s. Eumford. 
iii William, b. 1815 m. Hannah H. Abbot, s. Eumford. 
iv James //., b. March 19. 1821. 
V Julia Annie, b. Jan. 2, 1823, d. 1870. 

Joseph Russell Andrews, son of the preceding, married in 
1839, Mary Silver, daughter of David Elliot of Bethel, who was 
born March 14, 1823. 

Children : 

i David E., b. 1841. 11 Joseph H., b. 1842. ill Charles A., b. 1845. 
iv George A.,h. 1848. 

Arnold. 

Samuel Arnold married Mar}' . 

Children : 

i Sheriba M., b. Roxbury, Nov., 1837, d. Feb. 27, 1858. 

ii Samuel B., b. May 22. 1839. 

iii Elizabeth 3L, b. Dec. 27, 1841. 

iv Eunice B., b. March 10, 1843. 

V Charlotte C, b. Jan. 26, 1845. 

vi Joseph A., b. Eumford, Aug. 10, 184G. 

, vii Martha 3L, b. Aug. 16, 1848. 

vili Clara A.,h. Dec. 3, 1852, d. Oct., 1853. 

ix Edith v., b. Feb., 1854, d. Oct. 1854. 

Joseph A. Arnold married Georgianna . 

Children : 
i Willard Samuel, b. Dec. 26, 1878. 

Austin. 

Peter Austin, born at Canton Point Dec. 12, 1805, farmer, 
trader and Deputy Sheriff, lived in various places and died in Rum- 
ford Oct. 10, 1887, aged nearly 82 years. He married first, Fanny 
P. Newton of Dixfield, and second, Dec. 13, 1849, Desiah, daughter 
of Bailey Curtis of Freeport who was born July 19, 1819. He was 
a son of Amos Austin who died in Canton Januaiy 14, 1812, whose 
wife was Polly Macomber. 



302. HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Children : 

i Aravesta A., b. Xov. 22, 1831, d. Sept. 7, 1883. 

ii Adrialin^ b. Sept. 6, 1833. 

iii Amos. h. March 25, 1S3G, d. Dec. 30, 1837. 

iv Amanda L., b. Xov. 3, 1838. 

V Frances E., b. May 18, 1842. 
vi Garafelia, b, Xov. 14. 1844. 

vii Peter L., b. May 16, 1847. 
By second wife. 

viii FlLza M., b. Jan. 16, 1851. 
ix A)tws Mozart^ h- May 16, 1853, m. Berta A. Godwin. 
X Alzina P., b. Apr. 17, 1858. 

Amos Mozart Austin, son of Peter Austin, married Nov. 26^ 
1884, Berta A., daughter of Ajalon and Sarah (Thompson) God- 
win. He is a farmer and resides in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Ralph Mozart, b. March 12, 1885. ii Emily Ehie, b. June 2. 1886. iii 
Ellery Curtis, b. Sept. 17, 1887. 

Bakeu. 

Otis Baker of Mexico, married Melinda Silver and moved to 
Rumford. 

Children : 

i Adaline Z>., b. Oct. 5, 1833. ii Xathan Silver., b. .Jan. 8, 1836. iii 
Wilber ,/., b. Sept. 25, 1838, d. Sept. 7, 1862. 

Barker. 

Samuel Barker from Newry, married Rachel Sessions, who was 
born in Chatham, N. H., in 1782, and settled in Rumford near 
Milton line. He was the son of Benjamin and Lucy (Huse) Barker 
who came from JMethuen, Mass., and settled in Newiy. 

Children : 

i Cervilla, b. Dec. 17, 1812, m. Gideon C. Abbot, 
ii Elias, b. June 6, 1814, m. Martha J. Moody, 
iii Rachel, b. Julj' 18, 1816, m. Josiah Ke3'es. 
iv Lucretia, b. Xov. 7, 1818. 

V Samuel, b. Dec. 25. 1822. 

vi Hazen, b. Dec. 19, 1827, m. Dorcas F. Brooks. 

vii Christina, b. Oct. 24, 1829, d. June, 1832. 

viii Charles Lyman, b. Oct. 16, 1831, d. June, 1832. 

ix Juliette, h. Oct. 19, 18.39, ni. Moses Cummings. 



HISTORY OF BUM FORD. 303' 

Elias Barker, son of the preceding, married Martha J., daughter 
of William and Polly (Dresser) Moody. He lived in Milton until 
the death of his father, when he returned to the old homestead. He 
is a quiet man, honest and upright, and highly respected in the 
community where he resides. 

Children : 

i John H., h. Milton PL, Feb. 26, 1837, m. Josephine Martin, 
ii Christina E., b. Maj^ 1, 1839, m. George H. Webber, d. May 13, 1885. 
iii Eugene ^.,b. Sept. 11, 1845, m. 1st, Maria Osborne, 2d, Mrs. Julia 

Brown, 
iv Frederick A., b. Sept. 11, 1853, m. Annie B. Lewis of Pittston. 
V Walter H., b. Eumford, Sept. 8, 1862. 

Bartlett.« 

Jonathan Bartlett, son of Ebenezer and Anna (Ball) Bartlett 
of Newton, Mass., born March 6, 1746, was one of the six Bartlett 
brothers who early settled in Bethel. He came to Bethel in 1779 
in company with Nathaniel Segar and Aaron Barton. He married 
Mary Shaw of Fryeburg, and had three sons and one daughter, all 
of whom married Rumford women. Elias married first, Eliza, 
daughter of Nathan Adams, and second, Judith, daughter of David 
Faruum. Elijah married Nancy, daughter of Joshua Graham, and 
Samuel married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Wardwell. Anna died 
at the age of twentj'-five, unmarried. Elias lived and died on the 
homestead of his father in Bethel which is still occupied by his 
family ; Elijah also lived and died in Bethel, and Samuel lived on 
the south side of the river opposite the Center where his sons now 
live. The widow of Jonathan Bartlett became the second wife of 
Nathan Adams. 

Samuel Bartlett, son of Jonathan Bartlett of Bethel, born Apr. 
1, 1794, married July 4, 1816, Sarah L. Wardwell of Rumford, who 
was born Feb. 28, 1794. A sketch of him is found elsewhere. 

Children : 

i Jonathan Adams, b. Aug. 18, 1817, m. May 1, 1849, Harriet A. Glines. 
n Joseph Wardwell, b. Aug. 4, 1820, r. Eumford, unniari'ied. 
iii Harriet Cushman, b, Jan. 3, 1825, m. June 9, 1850, Burt Kidder, 
iv Sarah .7., b. Feb. 17, 1832, m. July 4, 1857, 1st, Samuel H. Wood, 2d, 
Sept. 29, 1874, Alfred Walker. She died Sept. 15, 1888. Samuel 
H. Wood died October 31, 1865, and Alfred Walker died in St. 
Louis, May 16, 1881. 



304 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

Jonathan Adams Bartlktt, son of the preceding, married May 
1, 1842, Harriet A., daughter of Chandler Glines. He resides on 
the old Bartlett place opposite Ruraford Center. 

Childi-en : 

1 Rosabel R., b. July 20, 1843, d. 1860. 

ii Lorctta S., b. May 29, 1844, m. Mellen C. Kimball, r. Betliel, d. 1867. 

iii Florus H., b. Dec. 29, 1846, m. Ellen Abbot, 

iv Bunieretta N., b. Oct. 22. 1848, d. 1871. 

V Floriup J"., b. June 5, 1850, m. W. F. G. Litchfield, r. Revere, Mass. 
vi FredoUn F. A., b. Feb. 12, 1852, ra. Edna Thomas. 

vii Everett Z<., b. Jan. 5, 1854. 
viii Iveriiess, b. May 18, 1860. 

Bacon. 
Francis A. Bacon married P^tta A. Ho3't. He was a trader at 
the Center and died there. At the time of his death he was treas- 
urer of the town. 

Children : 

i j7<Ha -F., b. Apr. 30, 1859. ii Hershel A., h. Dec. Id, ISQl. iii Lena 
E. and iv Luna £"., twins, b. Aug. 11, 1865. 

Joseph Baxter of Boston, married Betsey, daughter of Philip 
Abbot. 

Children : 

i Farris Abbot, b. May IS, 1823. 

Bean. 
Lltheu Bean, sonofJosiah and Molly (Crocker) Beau of Bethel, 
}). 1782, married Lydia, daughter of Samuel Kimball of Bethel, b. 
1784. 

Children : 

i Lucind((, b. Dec. 25, 1802, ni. Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr. 
ii Hannahs b. Jan. 10, 1805. 

iii Siihil Bartlett, b. March 27, 1806, m. Edward E. Stevens. 
iv Stephen, b. Eumford May 4, 1809. 

V Emma, b. Kumford May 4, 1811, ni. Oilman N. Farnuni, s. Milton 

PI. 

vi Maria, b. March 21, 1813, d. Apr. 1, followhiu;. 

vii Lovina, b. Apr. 21, 1814, m. Patrick 11. Virgin, 

viii Clark Kimball, b. Oct. 26, 1818. 

ix Luther Dana, b. Dec. 25, 1820. 

X Ann Maria, b. Oct. 28, 1822. 

xi Edmund D., b. Dec. 29, 1824. 



HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 305 

xii Aaron, b. Oct. 28, 1826. 
xiii Lewis, b. Apr. 29, 1828. 
xiv Franklin, b. Juue 28, 1830, killed iu the army. 

John H. Bean married P:iiza W. He was a trader. He was 
iiot a relative of the Luther Bean family. 

Children : 
i Orissa Ann, b. June 18, 1858. ii Oritha Xanni, h. Apr. 20, 1800. 

Beard. 
Amasa H. Beard married Charlotte A. Weaver of Franklin 
Plantation. 

Children : 

i William E.,h. Dec, ISoO. ii CV^ojm ^., b. Aprill2, 1854. iii Daniel 
W., b Feb. 19, 1856. iv George B., b. May 25, 1863. 

Blanchard. 

Moses Blanchard, said to have been born in Gilmanton, N. H., 
was a musician and served two years in the regular infantry in the 
war of 181-2. He married Elizabeth Wadleigh. He moved to Rox- 
bury, Maine, and lived there many years, but died in Starks, N. H. 
His widow died in Rumford. 

Children : 

i David 8., b. Apr. 7, 1809, m. 1st, Mehitable Taylor; 2d, Deborah 

D. Wheeler, 
ii Benjamin H., b. Jan. 29, 1810, m. Mary P. Berry of Andover; d. 

Jau. 23 1852. 
iii Lucy M., b. Dec. 22, 1819, m. George Waltoii, d. in Iowa, 
iv Calvary M., b. Feb. 18, 1822. He married, had 6 children, died iu 

Dummer, N. H., Sept. 18, 1872. 
V Zebediah 3L, b. May 12, 1824. 
vi Nicholas G., b. Jan. 4, 1828. 
vii Hester Ann, b. Sept. 25, 1830. 

David Blanchard was born Apr. 7, 1807. He married Apr. 
30, 1829, Mehitable, daughter of Simeon and Mary Taylor of Rox- 
bury, who was born Oct. 14, 1808. He died January 15, 1856, and 
his wife died January 1, 1851. For second wife he married in 
November, 1851, Deborah D. Wheeler. 

Children. 

i William M., b. Feb. 3, 1830, m. 1st, Lydia Holt, 2d, Desire Farrar. 
ii Maria R., b. July 3, 1831, m. Harvey Beckwith, r. Colorado. 

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306 HISTOBY OF BUMFOED. 

iii Jau-U'ii .v., b. Aug. 28, 1832, m. Abigail Bradbury, r. Minnesota, 
iv Martha A., b. Oct. 8, 183-1, m. Henry F. Smltli. 
V Orlando W., b. Oct. 7, 1836, m. 1st, Tliirza A. Holt; 2, Caroline W. 

Kimball. Ho was an attorney at law and died in Rumford. 
vi 3Iar>j E., b. Mari-h 27, 183S, ni. Stephen Moore. 
By second wife : 
vii Ida F.. b. Feb. 2(), 18.53. m. Konello A. Barrows of Canton. 

Ben.iamin Hill Blanchard, brother of the preceding, married 
in 188:3, Mary P., daughter of Joseph and Sarah L. (Greeuleaf) 
Berry of Andover. He kept the old red tavern at the Falls for 
several years and here his older children were born. He moved to 
Boston but returned to Mexico where he died, and his widow became 
the wife of Oliver P. Lang. 

Children : 

i Eliza AuH, b. Rumford Falls, in May, 183G, d. Boston, 1846. 
11 Heiiry F., b. Apr. 26, 1838, ni. 1st, Julia A. T. Griffith and second, 

Susan J. Xorcross, r. Augusta. 
iii SWlman Brrry, b. July, 1839, d. Boston, May, 1846. 
iv William /., b. Mexico, 1841, r. Santa Cruz. Cal. 
V Stillman Berry^ b. Boston. 1846. m. Eliza Burns. He died at Bryant's 
Pond, about 1870. 

William M. Blanchard, b. in Roxbury, Feb. 3, 1830, married 
1st, Lydia Holt and second Desire, daughter of Thomas Farrar. 

Children : 

i George E., b. April 6, 18.56, m. Alma S. Philbrick. 

ii David 3/., b. Aug. 3, 1858. 
By second wife : 

iii Lucien ir., b. July 29, 1878. 

iv Elsie i¥., b. xVpr. 10, 1885. 

Orlando W. Blanchard married first, Thirza A. Holt and 
second, Caroline W. Kimball. 

Children : 
1 Lizzie M., b. Nov. 6, 1861. 

Hknrv F. Blanchard married first, May 1, 1859, Julia A. T. 
Griffith of Mexico, who died Nov. 19, 1861, and second, April 20, 
1864, Susan J. Norcross of Augusta. 

Children : 

i Ernoi^t ir., b. Feb. 3, 1860, d. Nov. 23, 1883. 
By second wife : 

ii Ilarrii H., b. Aug. 6, 1867. 




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HISTORY OF RUMFOItD. 307 

Bod WELL. 

Samuel Brown Bodwell, boru April 'HI, 1812, married Cliarity 
N. Jackson of Paris, wlio was boru Sept., 1812, and died, and he 
married in 1855, Sarah J. Bragdon. 

Children : 

i Harriet Cordelia^ b. Dec. IS, 1834. 

ii Samuel F. Q., b. Julj^ 5, 1843. 
iii Caroline A., b. Feb., 1854. 
iv Ehen ;S'., b. Feb. 23, 1855. d. Dec. 23, 1855. 

V Ida Ella, b. Dec. 31, 185G. 

Bolster. 

Isaac Bolster, said to have come from England, with wife 
Abigail, was living in Uxbridge, Mass., in 1732. His second wife 

was Hepsibah . He died Apr. 28, 1753, and his second 

wife died July 20, 1742. 

Isaac Bolster, son of Isaac and Hepsibah Bolster, born in Ux- 
bridge, April 2S, 1737, married Mary Dwinel of Sutton. He was 
an officer in the war of the Revolution, holding a Lieutenant's Com- 
mission and afterwards that of Captain. He w^as one of the minute 
men wdio marched to Concord Apr. 17, 1775. He w^as an early 
settler of Hebron and in 1784, moved to Paris where he died. 

Capt. Isaac Bolster, second son of the preceding, born May 
12, 1769, married March 9, 1794, Hannah, daughter Gideon Cush- 
man of Hebron, who was born Apr. 16, 1777. He was a farmer 
and resided in Paris. 

Gen. Alvan Bolster, oldest son of the preceding, (see personal 
notice) boru Dec. 7, 1795, came to Rumford when a young man, 
and married Cynthia, daughter of Col. Wm. Wheeler. He was a 
trader, innkeeper and farmer, and lived at East Rumford. He died 
Dec. 8, 1862, in Rumford, and his widow died in Poland Sept. 26, 
1879. 
Children. 

i Janette Wheeler, b. June 3, 1821, m. at Thompsouville, Coun., May 
28, 1845, Hiram Kicker of Poland, who with his three sons are 
proprietors of the famous Poland Mineral Spring. She died 
Sept. 23, 1883. 
11 William Mlieeler, b. July 6, 1823, m. 1st, Oct. 26, 1848, Martha Hall, 
daughter of Dr. Joseph Adams, and second, Aug. 17, 1868, 
Florence Josephine Reed, resides Auburn. 



308 HISTOItY OF nUMFOIlD. 

Hi John Q. A., h. Xov. 22, 1825, ni. Aiuia Baitlott of Boston, r. Mel- 
rose. Thej' liave one child, 
iv Martha Vlryin, h. 8e])t. 18. 1828, u). Hon, .John li. Pulsifer of Poland. 

V Mary Jusephine^ h. Sept. 17, 18;n, d. Sept. 10, 18.')9, 

vi Cynthia Maria, b. July 29, 18;54, m. May 5, 1850, Ira A. Xay. d. 

Sept. 3, 1862. 
vii Sarah Virr/in Worrfster, b. Aug. 23, 1837, m. John A. Stockbridu^c. 
viii Alvan Augustine, b. Oct. 1, 1841, r. New York, unmarried. 

Otis Cushman Rolstkr, brother of the preceding, born in Paris, 
Sept. 25, 1801, was a trader at Kiunford Point for many years. He 
married first, Oct. 28, 1827, Dolly li., daughter of Francis Keyes of 
Rumford, who died in 1840, and second, May 14, 1841, Maria 
Caroline Louise, daughter of Peter C. Virgin, P^sq. He died Nov. 
9, 1871. 

Children : 

1 Horatio A., b. Sept. 8, 1828, d. Xov. 1, 183G. 
ii Henrietta X., b. Jan. 29, 1835, d. Nov. 17, 1843. 

ill Mellen £"., b. Sept. 19. 1837, m. 1st, Ann Sophia, daughter of Dr. 
Thomas Roberts, and second, Mary S., daughter of George Smith 
of Hanover, 
iv Freelon K., b. Aug. 8, 1840, d. Oct. 20, 1855. 
By second wife : 

V Wm. Uniry, b. Apr. 17, 1844, graduated at Bowdoin College and is 

a minister, 
vi Dolly J/., b. March 14. 184G, d. May 25, 18(57. 
vii Norris Dayton, b. May 22, 1850, m. Helen Morton r. South Paris, 
viii Sarah F., b. Apr. 30, 1853, m. J. Percival Richardson. 
ix Marietta, b. Xov. 17, 1859, m. Gilbert, r. Canton. 

William W. Bolster, oldest son of Gen. Alvan Bolster, married 
first, Martha Hall, daughter of Dr. Joseph and Betsey Faruum 
Adams of Rumford, and second, Florence Josephine, daughter of 
Col. Lewis and Mary A. (Stockbridge) Reed of INIexico. 

Children ; 

i Clara Maria, b. Jan. 10, 1850, m. July 20, 18C8, Albion Thorn, 
ii Bion A., b. Dec. 25, 1851. 
iii Mary Josephine, b. Apr. 13. 1854, m. July 31, 1876, Rev. Lauriston 

Reynolds, 
iv Alran Josei^h, b. Dec. 20, 1855, d. Dec. 12, 1885. 

V Wm. Henry, b. July 17. 1800, d. Xov. 15, 1861. 

vi George Frederick, b. July 30, 1866, d. Sept. 21, following. 
By second wife : 

vii Martha Florence, b. June 2, 1871. 
viii William Wheeler, b. Xov. 11, 1872. 



HTSrOBY OF RUMFOBD. 309 

Mp:llen E. Bolster, son of Otis C. Bolster, married 1st, Ann 
Sophia Roberts, and second, Mary S. Smith. He is a merchant 
and resides in Portland. 

Children : 

i Eva /., b. Aug. 2, 1882. ii Hattie IF., b. Dec. 4, 1865. 
By second wife : 

ill Freelon E.,h. March 30, 1873. 

Bos WORTH. 

Jacob B. Bosworth, born Ang. 28, 1809, married Sarah Allen, 
who was born Nov. 14, 1807. 

Children ; 
i Daniel A., b. Aug. 27, 1840. 

Brown. 

Nathan Brown's name is on the early records. He married 
Sally, daughter of Jeremiah and Keziah (Blanchard) Wheeler of 
Concord. 

Children : 

i Luq/, b. July 23, 1801. 
ii Polly, b. Jan. 15, 1803. 
iii Dorcas, b. Aug. 8, 1805. 

iv John3Iarti7i, | twins, b. Sept. 17, 1807. 
V David Farnum, f ' ^ 

vi Dorcas, b. Aug. 1, 1808, d. April 10, 1811. 

vii Lovina, b. March 26, 1810. 

viii Emily, b. January 29, 1813, d. Nov. 28, following. 

ix Nancij, b. Dec. 21, 1814. 

Bunker. 

John Bunker was quite early in Rumford. His wife was Sally. 
The children from the fourth were baptized in this town but the order 
and dates of birth are not Icuown. 

Children : 

i Naorai Sweat, b. Sept. 2. ISOS. ii Sophronia, b. Nov. 26, 1809, d. 
June 28, 1810. iii Jotham Sewall, b. Sept. 30, 1811. iv Sally White, v 
Samuel Jackson, vi Jonathan, vii Elliot, viii Rnfns King. 

William Burke of Portland and wife Betsey Ward, were mar- 
ried June, 1837. 

Children : 
i Alvan Guy Ward, b. Apr. 29, 1838. 



310- UlSTOltY OF RUMFOUI). 

Burgess. 

James BrR(iEss, born Feb. l.'i, 1800, married Lytlia , who 

was born Apr. 7, 1803. 

Children : 

i ]Vm. Frederick, b. :March 19, 1820. ii James Brooks, b. Jan. G, 1828. 

iii Sarah Winfj, b. . iv Achsa BnsseU, b. Feb. 20, 1832. v 

John U7«r/, b. April 27, 1S34. vi Charles, b. July 4, 183G. 

Caldwki.l. 

William II. Caldwell married Kliza])eth McAlister of Canton. 
For second wife, he married Melinda S. (Elliot) INIoody. He now 
resides at Riimford Point. 

Children : 

i Thomas A., b. June 27, 1847, r. Washin^jtou. 
ii WUliain if., b. April 19, 1849, ni. Lottie Park, r. Ituniford. 
iii Lizzie F., b. May 17, 1852, r. Lynn, Mass., unmarried, 
iv Franklin P., b. Sept. 25, 18-53, m. Alice McClinch, s. Salem, Oregon. 

Cap EN. 

Thomas Capen married Mary, daughter of i^dward and Deborah 
(Stevens) Abbot of Concord, N. II. He made several purchases 
of land in Rumford and resided here. He died at sea in 1808. 

Children : 

i Ebenezer, b. Dei-. 30, 1780, ni. Abij^ail Carter, r. Concord, 
ii James. 

iii Timothy, h. 1793, ni. 1st. Rutli Dustin. 2d, Mary Abbot, r. Bethel. 
iv Deborah, b. June 17, 17!)(), ni. Miuvb 4, 1814, Wm. Aokley of Rum- 
ford. 
V Samuel. 

vi Oliver Seal, m. Susan Chase, r. Colebrook. N. H. 
vii Esther, b. . m. l^riah Furlong of Greenwood. 

Caku. 

Daniel Caku of this town married Tolly Ayer of Betiiel, in 1802. 
He was a soldier in. the war of 1812, and lost an arm. 

Children : 

i James, b. April 27, 1803. 
ii Eunice, b. April 12, 1805. 
iii Thirza, b. June 0, 1807. 

iv Sarah Ayer, b. March 8, 1809. He may have had other children but 
these alone were found on lUiuiford records. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 311 

Cartek. 

Ephraim Carter married Hannah . There were other 

Carter families in town but no records have been received. They 
came from Concord, N. H. 
Children on Rumford records : 

1 James Martin, b. June 2, 1815. ii Amos, h. Oct. 2, 1817. iii Hannah, 
b. Sept. 17, 1819. iv Lydia Moor. b. March 19, 1823. 

James M. Carter married Martha A. Waite of Peru, in 1845. 
Children : 

i Mary A., b. Aug. 2.5, 184G. ii Amasa F., b. May 13, 1847. iii Dorcas 
i., b. Aug. 29, 18.51. 

Chamberlain. 
William Chamberlain came to this town quite early and died 
here. He lived on the south side of and some distance from the 
great Androscoggin, and near the line of Milton Plantation. No 
family record has been found, but he is known to have had the fol- 
lowing children : 

i 3Iary, b. , m. Edwin Eeyuolds of Bethel, 1826. 

ii Achsa, b. , m. Andrew Small. 

iii William, b. . m. first, Desire Bisbee, and second, Tamar Gush- 
ing. He lived in Woodstock and moved from there to Biddeford. 

iv Gilbert, b. . m. Belinda, daughter of Christopher Bryant of 

Greenwood. He was a carpenter and moved to Massachusetts, 
where he died. 

Cleasby. 

Isaac Walker Cleasby, son of Joseph and Betsey (Farnum) 
Cleasby, born July 20, 1787, married Polly Prescott who was born 
in 1790. He came to Riunford and afterward moved across the 
line into Milton Plantation. 
Children : 

i Ira, b. March 13, 1814, m. Minerva Ford, r. Paris. 

ii Ruth, b. , 1816, m. James W, Elliot. 

iii Mary P. m. Benj. F. Ford. 
He may have had other children. 

Cobb. 
Churchill Cobb, son of Ebenezer Cobb of Norway, married 
Pamelia Putnam. 
Children : 

i Barzilla Streeter, b. Norway, March 1.5, 1822. 
ii Cyrus Wilson, b. Holderness, N. H., Dec. 17, 1825. 



312 in STORY OF BVMFORD. 

Bakzilla S. Cobb, son of the preceding, married Susan . 

Children : 

i Cynthia Z., b. Feb. 4, 18411. 

ii Lydia S., b. Apr. 2, 18.52, d. May 29, 18G3. 

iii Barzilla C, b. Aua:. 1.5, 1854, d. Apr. 25, 18G5. 

iv Isaac P., b. March 2(5, 1857. 

V Lovina /,., b. .Fuly 28, 1860, d. May 15. 18(5^. 

vi Susan £"., b. March 27, 18(i4. 

Colby. 

Joseph Colby of Concord, N. H., married Molly . They 

lived in Concord, N. H. 

Children : 

i Eleanor, b. .Tune 8, 177('. 

ii Jmlith, b. Jan. 2;{, 1779. 

iii Ephraim, b. Jan. 12, 1781, m. Burry Bartlett. 

iv Hannah, b. Xov. 1, 178)}. 

V ,7os^7)/t, b. Oct. 22. 1785. 

vi Buth, b. Apr. 25, 1787. 

vii David, b. Jan. 7, 1789, ni. Judith Elliot. 

Kphkaim Colby, sou of the preceding, married Burry, daughter 
of Enoch Bartlett of Bethel. 

Childi"en on Rumford records : 
i DeUniJa, b. March 5. 1804. ii Susannah WaUci\ b. Apr.o, 1805. 

David Colby, brother of the preceding, born in Concord, N. H., 
June 7, 1789, married Judith f^lliot who was born Sept. 8, 1791. 
She was the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Goodwin) Elliot of 
Concord, N. H. Mr. Colby was living in Bethel in 1850. 

Children : 

i Joseph E., b. Feb. 4, 1820, m. Mary J. F. Martin. He was an otlicer 

in tlie .{2 Me. Vols., and died at City Point Va., June 6, 1864. 
ii John S., b. Dee. 4, 1821. 

iii Timothy D., b. June 27, 1825, ni. Hannah W. Martin. 
iv Charles II., b. Dec. 30, 182G. 

Joseph E. Colby married Mary J. F. Martin. He was a prom- 
inent man in town. 

Children : 

i Henry M., h. July 24, 1839, m. Nancy J. Faiimni. 
ii Timothy ./., b. Oct. 25, 1842. d. Oct. 11, 18(54. 
iii Sarah if., b. Nov. 13, 1845, d. Sept. 21, 1864. 



BISTOEY OF EUMFOBD. 31? 

iv WiUiam P., b. Julj' 11, 1855, d. Oct. 16, 1864. 

V David E., b. Apr. 16, 1858, d. Oct. 13, 1864. 

vi James Clark, b. May 15. 1863, d. Oct. 24, 1887. 

Timothy D. Colby married Hannah W. Martin. 

Children : 

i Mananna L., b. Jan. 25, 1850, d. July 6, 1851. 
ii Lydia ^., b. Oct. 24, 1854. 
iii Eatie J., b. Dee. 17, 1856, d. July 17, 1861. 
iv Joseph E., b. Apr. 8. 1858. 

V Ada May, b. Dec. 3, 1860. 

vi Jere 3/., b. Sept. 5, 1862, d. March 16, 1865. 

Henry M. Colby, son of Joseph E. Colby, married Nancy J. 
Farnum. He has served as selectman and town clerk, and was a 
member of the Legislature. He was a short time in the second 
Maine band in the late war. 

Children : 

i Wirt, b. Xov. 1, 1865. 

Timothy J. Colby married Burneretta. 

Children : 
i Joseph E.,h. Apr. 28, 1864. 

Crockett. 
Nathaniel B. Crockett from Andover, married Lydia J., 
daughter of Joseph H. Wardwell. They never lived in this town, 
but have resided in Andover, Woodstock, Norway, Whitefield, N. 
H., and now in Boston, Mass. 

Children : 

i Caroline W.. b. May 12, 1851, d. Aug. 17, 1852. 

ii Kate H., b. July 17, 1853, m. 1873, Frank P. Brown, 

iii Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1856. 

iv George L., b. Sept. 20, 1865. 

V Edd 8., b. July 22. 1869. 

vi Harry W., b. Sept. 17, 1872. 

Curtis. 
Bailey Curtis, with wife Abigail, came to Rumford from Free- 
port, and belonged to the Curtis families that settled early in Han- 
over, Mass. No records of the family have been obtained except 
-what are found in the census of 1850 elsewhere. Bailey Curtis was- 
then living with his parents who were quite aged. 



314. HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Silas Curtis married Mary Ann . 

Children : 

i Margaret £"., b. Dec. 4, 1858. ii Wm. F. S., h. Feb. 14, 1860. 

CUSHMAN. 

Gideon Cushman was born in Plympton, Mass., Nov. 21, 1750, 
married Ruth Shaw and moved to Hebron, Me., in 1789, and died 
there May 7, 1845, leaving 10 children, 70 grandchildren and 150 
great-grandchildren. He was a lineal descendant of Robert Cush- 
man, the Pilgrim. 

Francis Cushman, the 8th child of the preceding, born July 28, 
1789, was in Rumford in 1816 ; he married first, Phebe Abbot, 
daughter of John and Ruth (Lovejoy) Abbot, in 1815, and second, 
June 1, 1834, Lydia, daughter of Francis Keyes. He was a mer- 
chant at Rumford Point and died Dec. 28, 1843. His wife Lydia 
survived him many years, was insane and for several years in the 
Maine Insane Hospital. She died in Rumford. 

Children, all by the second marriage : 

Georgianna F., b. May 1.5, 1835, m. James Buekland of St. Louis. 
Francis E. K., b. May 11, 1837, m. Ann A. Mitchell, d. 1871. 
Caleb L. S., h. May 15, 1843, d. Nov. 23, 1843. 

Solomon Cushman, son of Gideon and brother of the preceding, 
born in Hebron, Me., June 22, 1796, married Harriet, daughter of 
Nathan Adams, who was born in Bethel, Me., Aug. 30, 1800. He 
moved to Monson, Me. 

Children : 

i Manj Ann, b. Hebron, May 5, 1823, m. Dr. Jo^siah Jordan. 
ii Samuel D., b. Hebron, Feb. 10, 1825, m. Ann C. Burleigh of Dexter. 
Hi Solomon F., h. Monson, May 21, 1829, m. Candace B. Packard of 
Monson. 

Francis E. K. Cushman, son of Francis Cushman, married Ann 
A. Mitchell. He died in 1871 . 

Children : 

i Xellie, b. Sept. 25, 1870. 

Delano. 

Francis S. Delano married Phebe L. Hall. 

Children on Rumford records : 

i Sarah J., b. Jan. 27, 1855. ii J<pthn A., b. March 4, 1857. 



HISTOBY OF BimFORD. 315 

DOLLOFF. 

Christian Dolloff, (or Dolhoof) was in Exeter, N. H., in 
1668. Three of his graud-daughters, children of Richard Dolloff, 
"were captured by the Indians while on their way to school in Exeter, 
in 1717, and were carried to Canada. The name is supposed to be 
Russian. 

Abner Dolloff was a descendant of the above-named Christian 
Dolloff, and by wife Miriam, had : 

i Mary, b. Dee. 6, 1752. ii Richard, b. Jan. 2, 1755. iii David, b. 
January 19, 1757. iv Phincas, b. Apr. 11, 1759. 

Richard Dolloff, son of the preceding, married Tamesin 
Knowlton who was born in 1765. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 
He died Oct. 24, 1845. She died Oct. 10, 1852. He lived on the 
farm now owned hy James S. Morse. 

Children : 

i Edna, b. June 6, 1789, m. Enoch Stiles. 
ii John, b. Nov. 13, 1791, m. Eunice Stiles. 
iii David, b. Feb. 12, 1795, m. Elmira Howe, s. Errol, X. H. 
iv Marion, b. Aug. IS, 1799, m. Curtis P. Howe. 

John Dolloff, son of Richard Dolloff, married Eunice Stiles 
who was born in Bridgton, Aug. 23, 1798, and died Feb. 23, 1864. 
He died Nov. 13, 1858. He lived near the Center and was a farmer. 

Children : 

i James M., b. Sept. 25, 1817, m. Sarah L. Gleason. 

ii Boxanna, b. March 17, 1819, m. J. C. French, 

iii Laura Ann, b. July 21, 1823, ra. L. R. Dresser. 

iv Miriam H., b. Oct. 15, 1828, m. G. C. Mills. 

V Eunice Lorinda, b. Sept. 13, 1834, m. George Blake, 

vi Viola Estella, b. Dec. 14, 1839, m. Freedom S. Stinchfleld. 

James M. Dolloff married Sarah L. Gleason of Mexico. He 
long kept a public house at the Center. His wife died Jan. 12, 
1872, and he moved to North Yarmouth. 

Children : 

i Oscar F., b. Mexico, Oct. 19, 1840, m. Abby Curtis. 
ii Cuvier A., b. Aug. 15, 1842, d. Aug. 16, 1861. 
iii Bonello C, b. Eumford. Oct. 12, 1844, m. Susannah Glover, 
iv Lucetta M., b. Dec. 15, 1846, m. W. Brackett. 
V Quincij H., b. Jan. 15, 1848, d. March 22, 1850. 



316 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

vi FranccUa F., h. March H, isr)2, m. (). Gammon. 

vii Sarah F.,h. Aug, 2, 1855. 

viii Gcoryie E., b. Maivh 22, 185(5, d. unmarriod. 

ix Firiuk 3/., b. June 21, 1858, m. Cora Barton. 

RoNELLO C. DoLLoFF married Susannah, daughter of Living- 
stone Glover. He is a farmer and l)laeksmith, and also ferryman 
at the Center. He has served as postmaster. 

Children : 

i Roxie S., b. Mardi .'51, 1867. ii Cuvier R., b. July 21, 1868. iii 
Charles A., b. March 10, 1870. iv Alton L., b. Xov. 26, 1S71. v George 
C, b. Oct. 15, 1873. vi Esther A., b. July 27, 1875. vii Emma F., b. 
May 3, 1878. viii Hattie /.., b. Dec. 1, 1880. ix Charles C, b. Aug. 13, 
1883. 

DOLLEY. 

Increase Dolley, born in New Hampshire in 1774, moved here 

from Bethel. His wife was Dolly . He died in Milton PL, 

Apr. 23, 1862, and is buried near Abbot's Mills. For second wife 
he married in 1824, Phebe Elliot. 

Children : 

i George, b. June 13, 1801, d. Bethel, Apr. 1, 1804. 

ii Maria Goss, b. Bethel, Jan. 21, 1803. d. Apr. 17, 1804. 

iii Abigail Elliot, b. Bethel, Feb. 11, 1805, m. William York, 

iv Stephen Gre.enleaf, b. Apr. 15, 1807. 

V Mariah Goss, b. xMay 16, 1800, m. Ilyland Walker of Mexico, 

vi William, b. May 11, 1816. 

vii Hannah, b. July 1, 1813, d. Feb. 1, 1814, 

viii Pamelia Putnam, b. March 6, 1815, m. 1833, Joseph Small, 

ix George, b. Apr. 25, 1817, m. Lucinda Cole of Bethel. 

X .hmah, b. Aug. 10, 1819. 
Bj' second wife. 

xi Ben). Elliot, b. Jan. 10, 1825, d. Sept. 8, 1839. 

xii Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1829. 

xiii Ji)hn, b. Sept. 7, 1832. 

xiv Addison, b. Aug. 20, 1835. 

XV Lnuisa, b. Feb. 24, 1838. 

DWINEL. 

Amos Dwinel, born Jan. 20, 1802, son of Aaron and Abigail 
(True) Dwinel of Lisbon, (the family originally of Sutton, Mass.,) 
married Oct. 20, 1832, Sarah Sherburne, daughter of James Small, 
Esq., of Lisbon afterward of Kumford, and lived on the farm of his 



IITSTORY OF nUMFOJRD. 317 

father-iu-law in this town, until 1852, when he moved to Caribou. 
After some years, he died there, and his widow who survives, lives 
with her daughter in Winn. She is wonderfully vigorous for one of 
her age, and her memory is something marvelous. 

Children : 

i Warren Small, b. Lisbon. July '20. 1S;>;^, ui. Serena Day ton of Hing- 

ham, Mass. 
it Amos Henry, b. .Tune 29, 1837, m. Emma Allen. 

iii Lester, b. Rumford, Apr. 19, 1810, in. Lydia Herrit'k of Auburn. He 
was an officer in the loth Me. Vols., and since the war, has lived 
in Bangor. 

iv Ellen, b. July 9, 1844, m. Charles C. Sawin of Livermore. They 
reside in Winn. 

Eastman. 

Stilson Eastman, son of Capt. Ebenezer P^astman of Concord, 
and Grandson of Capt. Ebenezer of Haverhill, Mass., born in Con- 
cord, N. H., Jan. 7, 1738, married a daughter of Capt. Nathaniel 
Hutchins. He was a ranger under John Stark, and was in the 
bloody battle at Ticonderoga in 1757, and was also a soldier in the 
war of the Revolution. He was at the Surrender of Burgoyne's 
army, and after the captured arms had been stacked, he managed 
to exchange his old gun for a fine Hessian rifle which is still in 
existence. When advanced in years, he came to Rumford where 
his son Caleb had already settled. Here when eighty years of age, he 
became converted under the preaching of Rev. Jotham >Sewall and 
joined the church. When ninety 3'ears of age, he would ride to 
meeting on horseback, with his wife behind him. He died in 18.37, 
aged nearly a hundred years. 

Children : 

1 Nathaniel., b. , m. Elizabeth Watts. 

ii Peaslee, b. , m. Dolly Graham. 

iii Caleb, b. , m. March 9, 1790, Comfort Haines, s. Rumford. 

iv Theodore, b. , m. Damaris Darling. 

V Amos, b. . 



vi Betsey, b. , m. Simeon Brackett. 

vii Buth, b. , m. Weeks. 

Calek Eastman, son of the preceding, married Comfort Haines, 
March 9, 1790, and soon after came to Rumford. 
Children : 

i Mehitahle., b. Apr. 15, 1791, m. 1811, John Richardson. 



318. HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 

ii JIdincs. b. June "io, 17S>3, in. 181S, Lovitia Putnam, 

iii Pheb(\ b. June 21, ITD.'i, ni. 1814, Benj. Klliot. 

iv Harriet, b. June 24, 17'.i7, m. ISl.'J, lA'vi Abbot. 

V Hunnah, b. Nov. 28, 179!), ni. 1818, Georj^e (Jrabani. 
vi Rnth, b. Feb. 7, 1802, m. 1821, Jonathan Page. 

vii William, h. Feb. 11. 1806, ni. 1829, Olive Wilson of Canton, 
viii Caleb, b. Sept. 2, 1808, ni. 1828, Polly F. Wliitniau of Mexico, 
ix Harmon, h. Maj' 20. 1811, ni. Polly. 

Caleb Eastman, Jk., married Polly F. Whitman of Mexico. 

Children : 

i Daniel W., h. Oct. 10, 1828. d. Feb. 5, 1829. 

ii Harriet A., b. Xov. 1.5, 1829. 

iii Elizabeth M., b. Aug. 24, 1832. 

iv Sarah A. M., b. Apr. 18, 1834, d. Apr. 16, 1857. 

V Daniel G.. b. Apr. 1.5, 1836, m. 1864, Mrs. Rosilla J. Paine, 
vi Freeland Holland, b. Jan. 16, 1838, ni. Xancy M. Hall. 

vii AtifjHsta A., b. March 18, 1841. d. July 11, 1844. 

viii Jane F., b. Apr. 9, 1843, ni. 1864, Ezekiel T. Ludden of Dixfield. 

ix Almena A., b. Apr. 24 184."), d. Jan. 2, 1858. 

X Amanda A., b. July 15, 1847, m. 1863. Isaac P. Daily of Canton. 

xi Ambrose A., b. Dee. 19, 1849. 

xii Cornelia E., b. May 16, 1853. 

xiii Ruth A., b. Apr. 15, 1855. 

Harmon Eastman married Polly . 

Children : 

i Ophelia, b. Oct. 28, 1842, m. 1865, McKenzie A. Huston of Mexico, 

ii Arlmry E., b. Jan. 15, 1844, m. 1866, Emma A. Tworably. 

iii Charles A., b. March 28, 1845. 

iv Ella E., b. Aug. 10, 1848, m. George C. Eastman of Mexico. 

V Nathaniel T., b. July 10, 1851. 
vi Sarah J., b. Sept., 1852. 

vii Adley V., b. , d. Sept. 17, 1854. 

viii Ada M., b. Mexico, .Tune, 1856. 

ix Eva I., b. Runiford, Feb. 28, 1858. 

X Harmon, b. July 16, 1860. d. April, 1861. 

Holland F. Eastman married in 1860, Nancy M. Hall. 

Children : 
i Adelaide E. L., b. Dec. 4, 1864. 

Eaton. 

Osgood Eaton, born 1768, was among the early settlers and lived 
on Eaton Hill. His wife was Bethiah Virgin of Concord, N. H., 



HIS TOBY OF BU31F0RD. 319 

who was born in Concord, N. H., 1775, and died in Rumford, Dec. 
18, 1857. He died July 1, 1836. 
Children : 

i Jeremiah^ b. Concord, Jan. 1, 1794. 

11 Betsey^ b. May 23, 1796, m. Wade Moor. 

ill Ilehitahle, b. June 21, 1798. 

iv Climena, b. Apr. 15, 1800, d. Oct. 18, following. 

V William, b. Jan. 30, 1802. 

vl Abial, b. Nov. 25, 1803, m. Rhoda G. Burleigh of Gilmanton, N. H. 

vii Osgood, Jr., b. , na. Maria L. Gale of Gilmanton, N. H., and 

second, Betsey Putnam, 
vlli Sylvester, b. 

Osgood Eaton, Jr., married 1st, Maria L. Gale of Gilmanton, N. 
H., who died Aug. 15, 1842. He married second, Betsey Putnam, 
born July 21, 1816. He died in Louisiana, July 9, 1862, member 
of Co. A, 12th Me. Vols. 
Children. 

1 Abby G., b. Feb., 1834, m. Jefferson Bean. 
11 Laura F., b. July 10, 1837, m. J. O. Hutchinson. 
By second wife : 
ill Henry Osgood, b. Jan. 5, 1843. d. In Virginia, Jan. 23, 1864. 
Iv Cyrus Putnam, b. July 11, 1845. 
V William Edward, b. May 4, 1849, d. Apr. 20, 1850. 
vl Bradford Chase, b. Apr. 5, 1853, d. Dec. 25, 1861. 

Cyrus P. Eaton, son of Osgood Eaton, Jr., married Mary E., 
daughter of Otis Howe, July 13, 1868. 
Children : 

1 Frederick 0.,\:). June 7, 1872. 11 £'w iV/ay, b. Feb. 14, 1876. HI Sarah 
E., b. Sept. 5, 1879. 

Elliot. 

Joseph Elliot of Newton, married Lydia Goodwin, and moved 
from Newton, Mass., to Concord, N. H., in 1778. 
Childi'en : 

1 Sally, b. , m. Hezeklah Hutchlns. 

11 Polly, b. , m. Leonard Whitney. 

HI David, b. , m. Mehltable Farnum. 

Iv Joseph, b. , m. Dorcas Farnum. 

V Frederick, b. , m. Nancy Colby. 

vl Benjamin, b. Apr. 20, 1789. 

vil Samuel, b. , m. Emma Sargent. 

vlli Judith, b. , m. David Colby. 

ix Eleanor, b. , m. Jacob Lufkln. 

X Lydia, b. , m. Nathaniel Simpson. 



320 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

Benjamin Elliot, an early settler of Kumford, came from Con- 
cord, N. H. His wife was Al)igail AVebster. 

Children : 

i Sarah, b, March 1, 1773. in. Stephen Putnam. Jr. 
ii Elizabeth or Betsey, b. Sept. 7, 1775, ni. James ('. Harper, s. Rum- 
ford, 
iii Cotton, b. March 7, 1778, ui. (Jratia Moor, d. May 5, 1860. 
iv Dorothy, b. Sept. 14, 1780. 

V Benjamin, b. March 8, 1784, d. Maj' G, 1784. 
vi Abigail, b. May 13, 1785. 

vii Buth, b. Jan. 28, 1790, ni. 1810, Greenleaf G. Stevens, 
viii Benjamin, b. Feb. 18, 1793, m. 1814, Mehitable Eastman. 
ix David, b. April 10, 1797. m. 1818, Polly Silver. 

Cotton P^lliot, oldest sou of the preceding, was married May 5, 
1801, by Gustavus A. Goss, Esq., to Miss Gratia, daughter of 
Aaron Moor of Rumford. He died May 5, 1860, and she Oct. 5, 
1869. 

Children : 

i AaronMoor, b. Auo^. 10. 1802, m. 1827, Susan Farnum. 
ii Thomas Carter, b. Dec. 24, 1807, m. 1832, Philena Cragin of West- 
moreland, N. H. 
iii Cyrus, b. May 29, 1810, m. 1833, Betsey Rolfe Hall, 
iv Sarah P., b. May 19, 1812, m. James Silver. 

V Clarissa, b. Aiisj. 30. 1813, m. Amasa H. Merrill, r. Bridgton. 
vi Dolly, b. July 29, 1815. m. James S. Smith. 

vii Arvilla, b. May 29, 1818, m. James M. Kimball, r. Portland. 

viii Gratia, M., b. , m. Aldana Hinkson. 

ix Cotton Jr,, b. Apr. 4, 1821, m. Lovina Kej^es. 

X Betsey, b. , m. Wm. Munro Morse. 

xi Benjamin, b. . 

Thomas Carter Elliot, second son of Cotton Elliot, married 
May 10, 1831, Philena, daughter of Leonard and Margaret Cragin, 
who was born in New Ipswich, N. H. 

Children : 

i Sophia, b. June 7, 1833, m. Charles Abbot, 

ii Leonard D., b. Feb. 14, 1836, m. Eliza Moody. 

iii Edward F., b. Apr. 18, 1839, m. Clara Myra I.ibby of Standish. 

iv Frank Q., b. May 20, 1843, m. Clara Dudley. 

v Ann Maria, b. July 7, 18J5, d. Nov. 16, 1846. 

vi Aaron, b. Sept. 11, 1S48, d. Aug. 25, 1882. 

vii Harriet M., b. Sept. 24, 1852, m. George G. Clay. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 321 

David Elliot married Polly, daughter of Nathan Silver. He 
lived several years in Bethel, on what has since been called the 
Hezekiah Hutchins farm. 

Children : 

i Vienna Abbot, b. July 31, 1818. 

ii Nathan Woodbnrif, b. March 25, 1819, lu. Lydla M. Carter. 
iii David Carter, b. March 14, 1821, in. Sarah E. Putnam, 2d, Ann C'arr, 

3d, Frances Estes. 
iv Mary Silver, b. March 14, 1823, lu. Joseph K. Andrews. 
V Infant, b. Apr. 19. 182.5, d. 
vi Sarah Stevens, b. June 23. 1826, m. Otis Howe, 
vii Melinda S., b. Nov. 29, 1828, m. 1st, Nahum P. Moody; 2d, VVm. 

H. Caldwell, 
viii Benjamin W.. b. I^Iay 23, 183."), m. Maria Lufkin. 

Aaron M. Elliot married Susau Farnum. 

Children : 

i Catherine Miranda, b. Feb. 13, 1828, d. Aug. 23, 1832. 
ii Russell Wheeler, b. June 15, 1832, d. Aug. 17, 1832. 
iii Benj. Russell, b. Aug. 28, 1833. 
iv Farnum Austin, b. June 4, 1837. 

Cyrus PLlliot married Betsey R. Hall. 

Children : 

i Infant son, b. Nov. 11, 1834, d. Nov. 22, following, 

ii Delphina Ii., b. Apr. 18, 1833, d. 1858. 

iii Caroline F., b. Apr. 9, 1838. 

iv Harriet D., b. Dec. 10, 1843, d. Dec. 26, 1845. 

V Cyrxis A., b. Dec. 26, 1847, d. Feb. 12, 1850. 

vl Lizzie E., b. July G, 1852. 

vii Ada M., b. June 6, 1855. 

Cotton Elliot, Jr., married Lovina B., daughter of Sampson 
and Mehitable Keyes of Wilton, Me., June 21, 1846. He is a 
farmer and resides in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Charlotte F., b. July 17, 1847, d. May 13, 1849. 
ii George F., b. Nov. 1, 1850, m. Oct. 21, 1876, Cora E. Putnam, 
iii Dana K.,h. July 4, 1858. 

Nathan W. Elliot married Lydia M. Carter. 

Children : 

i Hannah M., b. June 10, 1850. ii Emma A., b. January 22, 1852. iii 
Amos C, b. May 19, 18.54. iv Ann S., b. Dec. 8, 1855. 



322- IIISTOHY OF niMFOUI). 

Daviu E. Elliot, son of David Elliot, married 1st, Anu Carr of 
Connecticut, and 2d, Aurelia Lufkin of Mexico. For .Id wife, he 
married Frances, daughter of Richard Estes of Bethel. 

Children : 

i Llewellyn I)., b. Feb. 8, 1854. ii Jivacs C, h. Apr. 25, 1855. 
By second wife : 

iii Charles V., b. Oct. .'{, 1859. 

George F. Elliot married Cora E 

Children : 

i Edith r., b. Nov. 16, 1879. ii Leo IF., b. Apr. S, 1884. 

Charles E. Elliot married Sophronia . 

Children : 

i Charles E., b. Nov. G, 1853. ii Lauraetta 3/., b. Aug. 10, 1857. 

JosEFii Webster Elliot married Huth Cleasby. He lived near 
Abbot's Mills. lie was a Justice of the Peace and Trial Justice 
and well versed in legal affairs. He died suddenly. 

Children : 

i Abby .¥., b. Apr. 30, 1840, d. Dec. 11, 1802. 
ii James P., b. May 18, 1848. 
iii Alonzo W., b. Man-h 23, 1855, d. March 24, 1850. 

Jacou Elliot, another branch of the Elliot family from those 
preceding, son of Jonathan and Mary (Conner) Elliot, born in 
Pembroke, N. H., Apr. 16, 1784, came to Kumford in the winter 
of 1843-4 and bought a farm of Joel Howe, on the west side of 
Ellis river. He died January 1'^, 1869, and his wife died March 3, 
1863. Her name was Betsey Gault, born in Hooksett, N. H. 

Children : 

i Jacob G., b. Pembroke, Aug. 14, 1814, ra. Betsey Moor, d. 1854. 

ii William, b. June 7, 1817, m. .Sept. 20, 1849, (liarlottc K. Howe. 

iii Mary E., b. May 17, 1821, m. John C. Dearborn. 

iv Josiah Kittrcdr/e, b. March 18, 1820, m. iPt, Mary Ann K. Este.*. 2d, 
Lueinda G. Ilowe. 

V John Emery, h. Feb. 12, 1828, m. Ist, Sarali Augusta Martin. 2d. 
Martha lirown. 

vi Matthexn (kinlt, b. Feb. 2. 1S33, in. Gabrlelle M. Wilson, d. in Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

William Elliot, son of the i>reccding, went to California in 



HISTOID Y OF BUMFORD. ;{2o 

1850, but returned aud settled on the Timothy Holt farm. He 
married Charlotte K. Howe. Mrs. Elliot died Deo. 28, I880. 

Children : 

i William Lucien, b. March ;^1, 1853. ii Manj F., b. Jul}' U, 18.54. ill 
Edmund H.^ b. Dec. 16, 18ii5. iv Charlotte T. M., b. Jan. 9, 1857. v Moranda 
A., b. Aug. 19, 1860. vi 3WZiV, b. Apr. 16, 1862, d. Aug. 4, 1864. vii 
Isabel, viii -/o/o/ ./., b. Sept. 5, 1867. ix Harrison (?., b. Dec. 12. 1874. 

JosiAH KiTTKEDGE Elliot, brother of the preceding, married 
first, December 10, 1856, Mary Ann Kimball, daughter of Eli and 
Clarissa (Kimball) Estes of Bethel, who died Dec. 26, 1868, and 
second, Feb. 3d, 1870, Lucinda G., daughter of John and Nancy 
(Kimball) Howe of Rumford. He is a farmer and lives on the 
west side of Ellis river. 

Children : 

i Augustus 3/., b. Oct. 18, 18.58, d. Aug. 6, 1880. 

ii Clara E.. b. Aug. 16, 1860. 

ill Matthew H., b. Aug. 27, 186:^. ui. Dorothj- D. Howard. 
By second wife : 

iv Pearl 31., h. Jan. 17, 1872. 

V Gahriella IF., b. Sept. 5. 1873. 
vi Kate Hovc^ b. Jan. 11, 1875. 

vii Dwight K., b. 31arch 21, 1876. 
viii Samuel, b. July 20, 1878. 

John E. Elliot is a farmer and resides on the old homestead of 
his father. He married first, Sarah Augusta, daughter of Dea. 
Henry Martin, and second, Martha Brown of Byron. 

Children : 

i Ann Avgzista, b. Sept. 16, 18.52, m. Jeny H. Martin, 

ii Jacob Henry, b. Feb. 28, 1856, m. Isabella M. Phelps, 

iii Dayton IF., b. May 12, 1860. 

iv Jane Emery, b. Nov. 24, 1865, m. Sidney P. Howe, 

V Ellen Gault, b. March 19, 1869. d. Sept. 18, 1872. 
vi John William, b. July 22, 1873. 

vii George Mattheio, b. Jan. 27, 1877. 

PASTES. 

Stephen Estes, son of Daniel Estes of Shapleigh, came to this 
section, and finally bought of Phiueas Howard a lot of land in 
Howard's Gore, the one afterwards owned by Ezra Smith. He 
married Relief, daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth (Segar) Bartlett 
of Newrj', who was born in Newton, Mass., May 2d, 1769. 



324" HISTORY OF nUMFOlU). 

John Estes, sou of the preceding, for a few years owned and 
operated the ferry at Runiford Point, lie sold out and moved to 
Bethel where he lived many years, but died in Greenwood. lie 
married Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Sawtelle) 
Andrews of Bethel. ' 

Children : 

i Hiram Oushman, h. July 27, 182.'j, lu. Sophia B. Foster of Bethel, 
lie graduated at Colby University, and is a Baptist clergyman in 
Massachusetts. 
ii HuUah Andrews, b. Dec. 20, 1825, d. Sept. 11, 1829. 
iii James Henry, b. Dec. 7, 1S27, ni. first. Ann Stevens, and second, 

Mrs. Rebecca Keed, daughter of Daniel Estes, r. Greenwood, 
iv Charles Francis, b. , ISiJl, d. in California. 

EUSTIS. 

John Mason Eustls, son of Joseph and Sarah Mason Eustis, born 
May 30, 1800, married in 1823, Anna Trask. He lived only a few 
years in this town ; he died in Dixfield. 

Children : 

i Susayi M., b. Juue 21, 1824, d. Dec. 17, 1826. 

ii Isabel B., born Feb. 2, 1826, d. Sept. 12, 1828. 

iii Joseph M., b. Dec. 15, 1827. 

iv Charles W., b. June 23, 1829. 

v George E., b. Nov. 7, 1830, d. Oct. 2, 1853. 

vi Albert S., b. Dec. 10, 1833. 

vii Sarah Mason, b. Oct. 19, 1834, m. W. W. Mitchell. 

viii William T., b. Aug. 19, 1837. 

ix Humphrey E., b. Sept. 10. 1840. 

X Mary 8., b. Feb. 22, 1844, m. Chas. W. Greenleaf. 

Eaknum. 
The Farnum family has always been prominent in Rumford and 
one of the most numerous. The family is of Welsh descent and 
Ralph Farnum, the emigrant, settled in Andover, Mass., where he 
married Elizal)eth Holt. The fourth in descent from Ralph, son of 
Joseph and Zerviah (Hoyt) Farnum, was Stephen of Concord, horn 
Aug. 24, 1742, and married Martha Hall. 

Children : 

1 i David, b. Dec. 24, 1767. ni. Dorcas, daughter of Jeremiah Wheeler, s. 

Runiford. 

2 ii Stephen, b. Sept. 20, 1771, m. Susan Jackinan of Boscaweu, s. Kuoi- 

ford. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 325 

iii Phebe, b. Oct. 14, 1774, ra. Joshua Morse of Hopkinton, N. H. 

iv Isaac, b. Dec. 1, 1781, m. Hannah Martin. 

V Sivieon, b. January 14, 1782, m. Mary Smith of Hopkinton. 

vi Judith, b. Apr. 29, 1784, m. Jeremiah Story of Hopkinton. 

1 David Farnum, son of the preceding, an early settler of this 
town, married Dorcas, daughter of Jeremiah Wheeler of Concord, 
and sister of Abel and William Wheeler of this town. 
Children : 

i Phebe, b. Nov. 29, 1790, m. Xathan Knapp, s. Rumford. 
ii Betsey, b. Aug. 19, 1792. m. Dr. Joseph Adams, s. Euraford. 
iii Judith, b. July 24, 1794, m. 1st, Elias Bartlett of Bethel, 2d, Rev. 
Dan Perry. 

3 iv David Hall, b. Xov. 21, 1796, ra. Maria, daughter of Peregrine 

Bartlett of Bethel. 
V Dorcas, b. Oct. 4, 1798, m. Moses Adams, 
vi Melinda, b. Aug. 8, 1800, m. James Farrington. 
vii Asenath, b. May 22, 1802, m. Samuel Poor of Andover. 
viii Wm Wheeler, b. June 18, 1805, m. Rebecca Webster. 

4 ix James Harvey, b. Aug. 1, 1807, m. Clarissa Hoyt, d. Bryant's Pond. 

2 Stephen Farnum, brother of the preceding, also came early 
to this town and died here. His wife was Susan Jackman of Bos- 
cawen, N. H. 

Children : 

i Reuben, b. 

ii Simeon, b. , m. Amelia Robinson, d. Paris. 

5 iii George J., b. , m. 1st, Mary Bodwell, 2d. Hannah Jai-kson of 

Paris. 

6 iv Stephen Jr., b. , m. Sally Virgin. 

7 V Anson W., b. May 8. 1806, m. Susan C . 

vi Lucinda, b. , m. Asa Graham. 

vii Siisan, b. , m. John Clement. 

viii Patty, b. , m. Capt. Abial Carter. 

S David Hall Faknuji, son of David and Dorcas (Wheeler) 
Farnum, married in 1818, Maria, daughter of Peregrine Bartlett of 
Bethel. He married second, in 1838, widow Nancy Hinkson. 
Children : 

i Sarah B.. b. 1820, m. 18^5, Eliphaz C. Bean, r. Bethel. 

ii Emiline. b. 1823, m. 1840, Zaccheus H. Bean, r. Bethel. 

4 James H. Farnum, son of David Farnum, married Clarissa, 
daughter of Ezra Hoyt. He was a farmer and trader in Rumford. 



320 IHSrOIiV OF RiMFOIW. 

Children ; 

i Jiilii'ttr iVal/ar, b. Nov. I'J. IHM, in. Charh's 1'. Kiii«;Iit. 
8 ii Charhs Wesley, h. Feb. IG, 1834. ni. Sarah E. Waniwell. 

iii Martha Hall, b. June (>. 1S37. in. Thos. S. Brid>;liain, r. Buckfield, 
iv Maria (Toodenow. b. July 13. 1S40, m. Thoiuas K. Day. d. Woodstock. 
V Laura Frances, b. Dec. 15. 184'2. in. Munroe Holmes, r. Hampton, 

N. H. 
VI Abhie Louisa. b..Jan. 14. 1840, lu. Edmund M. Ifobbs, r. Providence, 

K. I. 
vii James JL. b. June 8. 1851. in. Emogene Day, r. Wood.stock. 

5 George J. Faknum, son of Stephen Faruum, married 
first, Mary S. Bodwell, and second, Jan. 22, 1843, Haunan F., 
daughter of Lemuel and Nancy H. Jackson of Paris, who was bora 
March 29, IS23. He was a farmer and lived near Rumford Center. 
He died May 21, 1880. 

Children : 

i Mary J., b. April 20, 183.T, m. Geo. W. Trickey. 
ii Aynes F., b. Apr. 0, 1838, m. John B. Hall. 

By second wife : 

iii George L., b. Feb. D, 1844, d. unmarried June 18, 1877. 
iv Nancy ,/., b. Feb. 3, 184G, ni. Jan. 1, 1805, TTonry M. Colby. 
v Arabella A'., b. Auj?. 1, IS.iO, d. Sept. 27, 18G1. 

vi Sarah F.. b. Oct. 11, 18.53, m. Dec. 25. 1874, Charles O. Stinchfield. 
vii Ilattie L., b. June 2, 1855, m. Aug. 17, 1871. Charles K. Davis. He 

is a dentist and resides in Paris, 
viii Pearl Z., b. Oct. 10. 1862, m. Dec. 5. 1878, William J. Kimball, who 
keeps the public house at Kumford Center. 

6* Stei'Iien Faknl m married Sally, daughter of William Virgin, 
who was born Dee. 13, 1804. 

Children : 

i William Virgin, b. ]^Iay 5, 1831. ii Mary L. F., b. June 1, 1833. iii 
Frances Jane Virgin, h. Sept. 25. 1830. iv Solon Scott, b. Feb. 22, 1839. 

7 Anson W. Faunum, born INIay 8, 1800, married Susan 
C , who was born Nov. 10. 1^10. He died May 25, 1888. 

Children : 

i Cft«r/<'s //.,b. Nov. IG, 1829. ii .*/a;V/(^?. b. Feb. 27, 1833. iii Daniel 
G., b. July 20, 1834. iv Nathan W. 6'., b. Marcli IG. 183G. v Angeline 
M., b. July 1, 1838. vi Margaret A., b. June 3, 1845. vii Eugene, b. 
Nov. 21, 18.50. 



HISTORY OF BITMFOBD. ^'21 

8 Charles W. Farnum married Sarah E., daughter of Joseph 
H. Wardwell, who died Jan. 28, 1858. He died in the army in 
1864. 

Children : 

i Joseph ir., b. Ma}' 5, 18.56. 

John Faknum, fourth in descent from Ralph, son of Zebediah 
and Mary (Walker) Farnum of Concord, N. H., b. Jan. 1, 1750, 
m. Sally West, and after the death of his father, came to Rumford. 

Children ; 

1 Sally., b. March 29, 1774. 

ii Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1770. 

iii Jofm Jr., b. June 25, 1779, m. Sarah Kuowles of Concord. 

Iv Zebediah, b. March 4, 1781, ra. Chloe Abbot. 

V Nathaniel, b. March 15, 1783, m. Deborah Shepard. 
vi Samuel, b. June 10. 1788. m. Betsey Godwin. 

Zebediah Farnim, son of John Farnum, married Chloe, daughter 
of Nathan and Betsey (Farnum) Abbot, who was born June 10, 
1783. 

Children : 

i Betsey Abbot, b. Apr. 10, 1811. m. Jefferson Moulton. 
ii Amia, b. Oct. 9, 1814. 
iii Chloe. b. Sept. 17. 1817. 
iv Asa Abbot, b. Dec. d. March 3, 1824. 

V Zebediah, h. Dec. 11,1821. 

vi Asa, b. Dec. 16, 1824. d. Sept. 9, 1840. 

Samuel Farnum, son of John Farnum, married Betsey, daughter 
of William Godwin. He lived in Rumford and Milton Plantation. 

Children : 

i Gilman W., b. Feb. 5, 1814, m. Emma Beau, s. Milton PI. 
ii David J., b. Aug. 3, 1815. 

iii Nathaniel Jackson, b. July 31, 1819, m. Basheba Buck, 
iv Laura Ann, b. , m. Richard Estes of Bethel ; she died in 1889. 

Benjamin Farnum, Jr., son of Benjamin and Anna (Merrill) 
Farnum of Concord, N. H., fifth in descent from the emigrant, 
Ralph, married Sarah Thompson and came to Rumford. 

Children : 

i Folly, b. Aug. 25, 1791. 
ii Nancy, b. January 3, 1793. 



328 HISTOliY OF liUMFORD. 

iii MerrilU b. Sept. 28, 1794, m. 1st. Sally Hiiuker, 2(1, Saruh Virgin^ 

3d, Louisa Howe, 

iv Sally, b. April 3, 1796, d. Aug. 5, 1800. 

V Aznbah, b. Noy. 17, 1797. 

vi Jiannafu b. Aug. 25, 1799, d. Aug. 12. 1800. 

vii Sally, h. June 3, ISOl. 

viii Mnhnla, b March 27, 1803. 

ix Abial, b. Jauuarj' 17, 1808, rn. .Teneattc Hurnham of VVestbrook. 

Jekkmiaii Farnum, brother of the preceding, married Sally Hall 
of Rumford, and resided in this town. 

Children : 
1 Milton, b. Dec. 3, 1812, ni. Emily Ward, ii Ivory, b. April IG, 1813. 

iii Emily, b. Dec. 28, 1814. iv Alfred, b. . ni. Caroline Sweetser. 

V Calvin, b. . vi John, b. . vii Walter, b. . viii 

Sarah, h. . ix Rebecca E., b. . x Deborah D., b. . 

Merrill Faunum married tlrst, Sarah Ikiuker, who died. He 
married second, Sarah Virgin, who died May 31, 1824, and third, 
Jan., 182o, Louisa, daughter of Phineas Howe. 

Children : 

i Edward Poor, b. Dec. 7, 1818. ii Cynthia Wheeler, b. Oct. 13, 1820. 
iii Alvan Bolster, h.^Q^t.\Z,\%22. iv -4aro« T'iY^ut b. May 31 1824. v 
Manley, b. June 9, 1825. vi Sarah, b. Oct. 5. 1832. vii Freelinghuysen, 
b. Apr. 28. 1840. 

Abial Farnum married .leneatte Burnham of Westbrook. 

Children : 

i Mary J., b. May 27. 1831. 
ii Martha Ann, b. March (I, 1833, d. Apr. 9, 1838. 

Jacoij Faknlm, born in Concord, N. H., married Betsey Wheeler 
and moved to Humford, and died here Sept. 1, 1836. His wife 
died Nov. H, iJ^aH. He was a farmer and shoemaker. 

Children : 

i Esther, b. \\)r\\ 23, 1794 in. Joel Austin. 

ii Caty, b. Dec. 14, 1790 in. Kbon Abbott. 
iii Daniel^ h. April 22, 1799, ni. Mary W. Virgin, 
iv Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1803, ni. Henry Child of Canton. 

v Susan, b. July 19, 1800, ni. Aaron Elliot. 

Daniel Farnum, son of Jacob Farniiin, married Mary \V. Virgin^ 
born in Concord, N. H., Sept. 8, 1«0'J. She died August 23, IHoT,^ 
and second, Mrs. Martha J. Bowker. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 329 

Childi'en. 

i Lucy Ann^ b. May 5. 1834, m. Rev. Patrick H. Hoyt. 
ii Wm. Henrij, b. Jan. 12, 1836, m. Sept. 23, 1865, Caroline L., dau. of 

Henry Martin; they have Ed C, b. Apr. 22, 1866. 
iii Edivard Hood, b. Feb. 8, 1838, d. in California, May 15, 1862. 
iv Rufus Virgin, b. Feb. 13, 1842, r. in Rumford, unmarried. 

V Victoria S., b. Oct. 13, 1845, m. Edwin R. Martin. 
By second wife : 

vi Mary i>., b. March 10, 1862, ni. Georoce Hardy. 
vii Jennie b. , m. Fred Leal of Lynn, Mass. 

From Town Records. 

William W. Farnum, married first, Rebecca S. Webster of 
Andover, second, Hannah J. Treadwell of Portland, and third, 
Betsey G. Fox. 

Children : 

i David IV., b. Oct. 26, 1833. 
By second wife : 

ii Harriet, b. . 

iii Dorcas A., b. Aug. 14, 1843. 
By third wife : 

iv Wm G., b. July 9, 1846. 

V John W., b. Jan. 14, 1847, d. Apr. following. 
vi James E., b. Aug. 31, 1849. 

vii George B., b. March 21, 1853, d. Apr. 25, 1854. 

■ Nathan S. Farnum married Sophronia . 

Children : 

i William G., b. Sept. 26, 1864. ii Burt K., b. June 12, 1866. iii 
Hattie J., b. Oct. 9, 1868. iv Ernest S., b. Dec. 25, 1870. v Anna V., 
b. March 19, 1872. 

William H. Faunum married Caroline Martin. 

Children : 
i Edwin C, b. April 22, 1866. 

John C. Farnum married Mary R. Bass of Weld. 

Children : 
i Walter H., b. Feb. 1, 1849. ii Charles F., b. July 22, 1852. 

Charles H. Farnum married Mary J. . 

Children : 
i Lizzie G., b. Aug. 3, 1856. ii Melvina J., b. June 14, 1869. 



330 HLSTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Ford. 

Benj. F. Ford of Suraner, married Mary P., daughter of Isaac 
W. Cleasby of Milton PL, June 19, 1843, and settled in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Se.th, b. Oct. 16, 1846. ii Fmihj, b. Jan. 7, 1852. 

Bknjamin Frye married Judith Kolfe Dec, 1833. 

Children : 

i Paulina R., b. Feb. 20, 183"). ii Anrelia, h. Sept. 30, 1837. iii 
James, b. April 1, 1840. 

Frost. 

William Frost, the well known ferryman at the Center and for 
many years the efficient clerk of Rumford, married Apr. 14, 1817, 
Dorothy Sweat. He was born in Bethel in 1799, and was brought 
up in the family of Rev. Daniel Gould. 
Children : 

i Simeon Foster, b. Aus:. 3, 1818. 

ii William P., b. July 20, 1820. 

iii UetiPva G., b. Apr. 17, 1822. m. .Vsa Kimball, 

iv Charles IF., b. Apr. 28, 1824. 

V Riifus n., b. Feb. 1, 1820, d. Feb. !), 1851. 

vi Eunice (?., b. Oct. 16, 1827. 

vil Mary B., b. Sept. 20. 1829. 

viii Zwcy G^.^ b. Aug. 16 1831, d. Oct. 5. 1834. 

ix Moses S., b. May 25, 1833. d. Nov. 29, 1855. 

X Daniel G., b. May 16, 1837, m. Euiogone M. Hall, 

xi Clark P., b. July 28, 1839, ni. Abby Howe, 2d, Emily P. Holt. 



William Frost mariied Phebe 
Children. 



i Guy Morrill., b. Jan. 4. 1866, d. Aug. 30, 1866. 
ii Edward Nye, b. Feb. 9, 1867. 

Fuller. 

Dr. Simeon Fuller married Mary Ann, daughter of Capt. Abuer 
Rawson of Paris. lie settled at Rumford Corner where he died and 
his widow married Dr. James Bullock. 

Children : 

i Samiu-l Raicsou, b. Feb. 0, 1830. ii Mary Arahdlo, b. Feb. 20, 1837, 



HISTOHy OF liUMFOlW. 331 

G LINES. 

Israel Glines was of Loudon, N. H. He married Molly, 
daughter of Ebenezer Virgin, Jr., of Concord, and when advanced 
in life, came to Rumford. In the absence of any family record, his 
children cannot be given in the order of their births. He had a 
pension for service in the Revolution. 

Children : 

i Ebitnezer, b. . He was a c-arpenter: was killed in raising a 

barn on Eaton Hill. 

ii Jeremiah,, b. . He was a Congregational minister and died at 

Lunenburg, Vt. 
iii Chandler, b. 1779, ui. Betsey Davis of Concord, N. H. 

iv Timothy, b. , ni. 1S19, Sally Barker, d. Bethel. 

V Daniel, b. m. first Betsey Rolfe, second, Marj^ Sweat. 

vi Polly, b. , ni. Nathaniel Rolfe of liumford. 

vii Sally, b. , m. Aaron Stevens of Kuniford. 

Chandler Glines, son of the preceding, married in 1801, July 
12, Betsey Davis of Concord, N. H. He was among the first of 
the family that came to Rumford, arriving in 1805. He was a 
noted musician, and was very conspicuous in military trainings and 
musters. 

Children : 

i Mahala, b. Concord, Oct. 17, 1802 d. Sept. 20, 1827. 

ii Albert Gallatin, b. June 5, 1804. 

iii David B., b. March 3d, 1805, m. 1832, Catherine B. Goddard. 

iv Ebenezer, b. Nov. 23, 1807. 

v Dorcas Virgin, b. Feb. 17. 1810, m. David F. Adams, r. Caribou, 

vi Clarissa, b. Jan. 18, 1813, m. 1833. David Knapp. 

vii Chandler Jr., b. January 1, 1815. 

viii Harriet J., b. Apr. 6, 1818. m. Jonathan Adams Bartlett. 

iix 3Iary W., b. Feb. 16, 1821. 

Daniel Glines, brother of the preceding, married first, Feb. 14, 
1811, Betsey Rolfe of Rumford, who died after giving birth to one 
child, and he married second, Mary Sweat. 

Children : 

i Betsey Bolfe, b. June 23, 1811. 

ii Azariah, b. Nov. 4, 1815, d. Aug. 18. 1826. 

iii Edith, b. January 2, 1818. 

iv Sarah S., b. January 16, 1820. 

V Orin, b. Sept. 5, 1822, m. Tyla Whitman, d. Paris, 

vi Orison, b. Januarj- 23, 1825. 



332 IIISTOnV OF RUMFORD. 

vii Valentine^ b. April 2G. 1827. 

viii Mahala G.^ h. May 8. 1820, d. Nov. 4. following. 

ix Azariahy b. July 5, 18.'{0. 

X Mahala, h. May IS, 18;{4. 

xi Melissa ]]'., h. April 27, 183(5. 

xii Hester Ann, b. Oct. 27. 1839. 

David B. Glines married iu 18;32, Catherine B., daughter of 
Elisha Goddai'd. He is a farmer and resides in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Augusta Maria, b. .Ian. ti, 1833, m. .John Howe, .Fr. 
ii Harriet E., b. May 1, 1834, m. .lobn li. Howe, 
iii David (?., b. Sept. 10. 1838. m. Emma S. Howe. 

Davii> G. Glines married Emma S. Howe. 
Children : 
i Rosroe /.., b. Fob. 13, 1864. 

Glover. 
Livingston (iLovEu, sou of Joshua Stetson and Susanna (Ames) 
Glover of Pembroke, Mass., and Hartford, Me., and grandson of 
James and Rachel (Bonney) Glover of Pembroke, the latter being 
the son of Robert and Bethiah (Tubbs) Glover of Pembroke, was 
born in Hartford, Me., Dee. 9, 1816. He is a farmer and resides in 
Rumford. He married March 1 1 , 1840, Abigail Stetson of Hartford. 

Children : 

i Lnren Oman, b. Sept. 9, 1840, m. Dorcas L. (ioddard. 

ii Ann Amelia, b. Maj'^ 7. 1842, m. Loriii<^ P. Swain. 

iii Susanna, b. June 30, 1844, m. Rouello C. Dolloll'. 

iv Salome Tilson, b. June 16, 1846, m. Wra. H. Thurlow. 

V Lucius A., b. Apr. 13. 1849, m. I.«!abel Farrar. 

vi Harriet L., b. Se|)t. 18, 1852. 

vii Cordelia A., b. June 16, 1854. 

viii Lois S.. b. Jan. 24, 1857, m. Thomas L. Weeks, 

ix Anthony E., b. Feb. 13, 18.")9, d. \n^. 8, 1802. 

X Ernist E., h. Doc. 29, 1861. ni. Mary E. Holt. 

LoKEN Glover married Dorcas L. Goddard who died Oct. 2, 1878. 

Children : 

i Jesse C, b. Hartford, Sept. 5. 1S6.3, d. .March 13, 1864. 

ii Rusie, b. IJumford, Feb. 15, 1865, d. Feb. 26, 1865. 

ill Lewis Loren, b. Jan. 31, 1868. 

iv Mary Ahir/ail, b. Dec. 6, 1870. 

v John Henry, b. Aug. 18, 1872. 

vi Fran/,- K. L.. h. June .30, 1874. 



HISTOIIY OF nUMFOllD. 333 

GODDAUD. 

Major Robert Goddard, sou of Elisha and Anna (Haven) 
Godclard of Suttou, Mass., boru in 1749, married first, April 13, 
1780, Anna Taiuter, who died Dec. 19, 1792. He married second, 
Feb. 13, 1794, Tamar Goddard, and third, Nov. 6, 179(3, Hannah 
Goddard. She died March 18, 1797, and he married January 1, 
1798, widow Sybil (Peters) Peunimau. He early settled in Andover 
and was the first one to drive a team through to that town on the 
east^ide of Ellis river. He died Oct. 10, 1826. 

Children : 

i Manj, b. January 25. 1781, m. Ephraim Fobes. 
ii Elisha, h. Feb. 2, 1782, ni. Jan. 6, 1806, Catherine Broaders, s. 

Kumford. 
iii Nancy, b. Apr. 18, 1785, m. Rufus Barton, 
iv Ebenezer Tliatcher, b. Jul}' 22, 1789, sea captain, d. of cold Dec. 24, 

1804. 
V David, b. Sept. 6, 1792. m. Dorcas Littlehale of Newry. 
vi Abijah, b. Dec. 25, 1794, d. young. 
Cihildren by fourth wife : 

vii Sybil, b. , m. James B. Greenleaf. 

viii Caroline, b. . 



ix Hannah, b. , m. Joshua Graham. 

X Maria, b. , she married a Mr. Poor of Belfast. 

xi Sylvia, b. , m. O'Connor. 

• ■• /,w,- 7^"^' ( twins, b. , m. Xancj' Whitney of Norway, d. Bethel. 

Elisha Goddard, son of the preceding, born in Sutton Feb. 2, 
1783, married Jan. 6, 1806, Catherine Broaders. He settled in 
Rumford. 

Children : 

i Eben Tliatcher, b. Nov., 1806, m. January. 1835, Mary Ann Kimball. 
ii Catherine B., b. 1809, m. David B. Glines. 
iii Elisha F., b. , d. young. 

David Goddard, brother of the preceding, a trader, born in 
Sutton, Mass., Sept. 5. 1791, married Dorcas Littlehale of Newry, 
who was born in that town in 1792. He lived at Cambridgeport, 
Mass., and at Belfast and Belmont, Maine, where he died in 1835. 
His widow died in Worcester, Mass., in 1861. 

Children : 

i Elisha F., b. Aug. 7, 1817, m. first, Mary S. Hutchins, second, widow 
Jane L. Ackley. 



334 ■ HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 



ii Mnry A. /'., b. Apr. 12, 1S19, il. 
iii Duiiil, b. Dec. 9, 1820. 



iv Robert II. . b. Xov. 15, 1822, d. 1853, uunuuTied. 

V Georye 7'., b. Jan. 8, 1825, m. Lydia 8. Thomas, 

vi Elisha, b. Dec. 28, 1828, s. Kansas, 

vii Charles Carrol, b. Dec. 5). 1832, d. 1835. 

Ephraim Forues Goudarl), son of David Goddard, married 
Sept. 9, 1840, Mary S., daughter of David Hutchins, and second, 
Jan. 23, 1868, Jane L. (Cook) Ackle}'. He is a farmer and auc- 
tioneer. 

Children : 

i Dorcas L., h. July, 1843, ni. Loren Glover, d. 1878. 

ii George 7'., b. Sept. 8, 1844, m. TvUry Knight, d. 1879. 

iii Kate i?., b. Dec. 1, 1847, m. Lyrin C. Hodge of Canton, 

iv Betsey X., b. June 18, 1850, ra. Tilson Coding of Liverinore. 

V Frye IL, h. March 20, 18G9. 

vi Alvin G.,h. Dec. 1, 1871. 

Eben T. Goddard married Mary Ann Kimball. She was 
the eldest daughter of Moses F. Kimball, Esq., and was born in 
Bethel. Mr. Goddard died quite early and his widow survives : 

Children : 

i Elisha F., b. Oct. 15, 183G, m. Euthalia V. Roberts, 
ii Mary KirnhaU, b. Feb. 4, 1839, m. Benj. W. Bryeut of Paris, 
iii Eben P., b. Feb. 28, 1841, d. July 8, 1865. 

Godwin. 

William Godwin, born either in P>ngland or Ireland, is said to 
have been a soldiei in Burguoyne's army, to have deserted and come 
across from New York to Massachusetts. The name under which 
he enlisted was William Redmond, which wbs doubtless his real 
name. After coming to Massachusetts, he assumed the name of 
Godwin, said to have been the family name of his mother. Another 
story is that he deserted from an English Man of War. He married 
Rachel Harper of Northhampton, Mass., and came to Rumford 
from Fryeburg, about 1792 ; live of his children were born here. 

Children : 

i Rebecca, b. 1778, m. Francis Ilominonway. 

ii WtUiam, h. . lie loft home a young man and never returned. 

iii Colman, b. May 6. 1782. m. Keziah Wheeler. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 335, 

• 

iv Bachel, b. , m. Kimball Martin. 

V Betsey, b. , in. Samuel Farnum, r. Milton PI. 

vi Folly, b. , m. Samuel Merrill, r. Milton PL 

vii James, b. 1791, m. Apphia Segar, r. Upton. 
viii Nancy, b. Apr. 3, 1793, m. Nathaniel Jackson, r. Milton PI. 
ix John, b. Feb. 11, 1795. m. Clarissa Stevens, no children, r. Milton 

PI. 
X Harris Bedmond, b. Dec. 8, 1797, d. Dec. 29, 1797. 
xi Sally, b. June 10, 1799, m. James Moody. 
xii David Abbot, b. Feb. 15, 1802, m. Abigail Besse. 

CoLMAN Godwin, son of the preceding, born in Northhampton, 
Mass., May 6, 1782, married March 17, 1814, in Concord, N. H., 
Keziah Wheeler, who was born Feb. 25, 1793. Mr. Godwin was a 
farmer, often in town office, depntj^ sheriff twenty years, and a 
prominent citizen of Rumfovd. . He died Ang. 24, 1852, and his 
widow died Nov. 29, 1879. 
Children : 

i Eliza H., b. June 17, 1815, m. Oct. 1, 1839, Josiah P. Whidden. 
ii Sarah F., b. March 13, 1817, m. Dec. 10, 1841, Robert Knox, d. 

July 4, 1847. 
iii Ilahala F., b. Nov. 30, 1818, m. Sept. 5, 1840, Benj. E. Abbot, d 

Dec. 4. 1882. 
iv Julia 0., b. Nov. 25, 1820, m. 1852, Asa Abbot. 
V Fidelia A., b. July 13, 1823, m. Sept. 15, 1847, Orin H. Lufkin. 
vi Alvan B., b. July 21, 1825, m. Feb. 26, 1851, Arabella Carter, 
daughter of Moses F. and Mary (Bean) Kimball. He resides at 
Bethel and is a deputy sheriff. They have one child, Ella Eudora, 
b. May 7, 1853, ra. May 14, 1874, Edwin C. Eowe. 
vii Cynthia B., b. July 21, 1828, m. Dec. 25, 1857, Geo. F. Sheppard 

d. June 29, 1867. 
viii Mary W., b. January 19, 1837, m. Feb. 5, 1858, C. F. Drury. 

James Godwin, b. 1791, married Apphia, daughter of Nathaniel 
Segar of Bethel. He lived in Rumford, but in 1850, was living in 
Upton. 
Children : 

i Azubah, b. Feb. 9, 1816. ii Luna, b. Apr. 10, 1817. iii Maria, b. 
Nov. 9, 1818. iv Lucinda, b. 1826. v Apphia B., b. 1829. vi WHliam i?., 
b. 1830. vii Bufus S., b. 1831. viii Arvilla C, b. 1834. ix Horatio B ' 
b. 1835. ■' 

Datid Abbot Godwin, brother of the preceding, in 1825, mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Packard) Besse of 
Paris, who was born there in 1810. He lived in Topsham a year 



336 HISTORY OF RUMFOHD. 

or two, came back to Rumfoid, moved to Woodstock, again returned 
to Ruraford, and died there in 1H;)4. His widow now lives at South 
Paris. 

Children : 

i Allen F., b. Topshain, Dec. 9, 1826, ui. Mary M. Wolf of Richmond, 

Indiana, and lived there, 
ii Ehnini. b. Kuniford. Dec. 6. 1S;31, ni. Charles Wood, r. So. I'aris. 
iii Charles O., b. Oct. 20, 18;W, ni. Nov. 2"), isr)2, Ve.«ta A. .Austin of 

Buckfield, r. Lewiston. 
iv George H., b. May 8, 183(>, ni. llannali A. Ilobart, r. C'anipello, 

Mass. 
V Oriu M., b. Woodstock, January 1, 1842. ni. Hattie E. Goodwin, 

I.ewiston, r. Brockton, 
vi Cynthia A., b. Aug. 20, 1844. ni. Charles H. Goodwin, d. at lian- 

dolph. 18G5. 
vii Nelson, b. Jan. 15, 1847, killed in the late war. 
viii Josephine K.. b. Nov. 4, 1848, r. Boston. 

Ajalon Godwin, adopted sou of John Godwin, married Sarah 
A. Thompson in 1853. He was a soldier in the late war and made 
a fine record, but died of wounds. 
Children : 

i Clarissa S., b. Feb. 17, 1853. ii Emily 11'., b. March «, 1800. iii 
Cora F.. b. Oct. 1, 18G1. iv Bcrtn A., b. Nov. 22, 1864. 

Goss. 

Rev. Thomas Goss, born in 1717, a graduate of Harvard College 
1737, was an early settled minister in Bolton, Mass., where he died 
January 17, 1780, aged G3 years. His ministry covered a period of 
about thirty-five years. 

Children : 

i Ebenezer JIarnden, h. Oct. 20, 1743. He married Mary, daughter of 

Eev. Timothy "Walker of Concord, N. H. 
ii Judith, b. Jan. 24, 1745. 
iii Ahujail, b. Apr. 1, 1749, ni. May 13. 1707, Joshua Atherton of 

Petersham, 
iv 7'hnmas, b. Dec. 12, 1751. lie settled in Baltimore, a merchant, 

and became wealthy, 
v Sanmel, b. Oct. 16, 1754, m. Lucretia Howe, s. Kumford. 
vi Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1757, m. May 4, 1777, Simeon Henimenway of 

Bolton, 
vii Elizabeth,}). Apr. 22, 1760, m. Sept. 1, 1779, David Newhall of Bolton, 
viii Salome, b. Januarj' 13, 1763, m. Jan. 1, 1784, Aaron Moor, s. Kumford. 



HISTOBY OF RUMFOED. 337 

Dr. Ebenezer Haknden Goss, the oldest son of the preceding, 
married Mary, daughter of Rev. Timothy Walker of Rumford. He 
was an original proprietor of New Pennaeook, (Rumford) and quite 
a large landholder by purchase. He sold land here to Jonathan 
Keyes, the first settler. He was of Concord, N. H., then of Bruns- 
wick, Me., and afterwards of Paris, where he died^Sept. 26, 1825. 
Children : 

i Gustavits Adolphns, b. July 8, 1770, m. Betsey IJ^owe of Rumford. 
ii Sarah, b. Aug. 0. 1772, m. David Marshall of Paris, 
iii Abigail, b. May 16, 1775, d. unmarried. 

Samuel Goss, son of Rev. Thomas Goss preceding, married 
March 7, 1780, Lucretia, daughter of Phineas and Experience 
(Wheeler) Howe of Bolton, Mass. He settled first in Bethel on an 
interval farm afterwards occupied by Richard Estes, on the south 
side of the Androscoggin, in the east part of the town. He then 
moved to Rumford and settled on Red Hill. Only one child is 
recorded on Rumford records. He and his wife both died in Bethel, 
the latter at a very advanced age. The names of the children cannot 
be given in the order of their birth. 

Children : 

i Abigail b , m. Moses Gammon of Paris. 

ii Charlotte, b. , m. Joseph Small of Norway. 

iii Clarissa, b. , m. Gray. 

iv Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1790, m. Jeremiah Hobbs of Norway. 

V Sophia, b. , m. Mathias Morton of Andover Surplus. 

vi Thomas, b. Bethel, Jan. 21, 1794, m. first, Nancj% daughter of John 
Oliver of Bethel, and second, Waity Benson of Sumner. Ke was 
a farmer in Bethel and lived to be nearly 90 years of age. 

vii Abial, b. . He married Myra Boynton of Cambridge, Mass. 

He was a cai-penter and builder, and accumulated a large estate. 
He was killed a few years ago, by being thrown from a carriage 
or sleigh. 

GusTAvus Adolphus Goss, son of Dr. Ebenezer Harnden Goss, 
came to Rumford when a young man, and married Betsey, daughter 
of Phineas and Experience Howe of Bolton, and sister of Abram, 
Silas and Phineas, Jr., of this town. He came here from Bruns- 
wick, and after his marriage, he moved to the lower part of Bethel. 
About 1807, he moved to Paris and died there Apr. 21, 1822. He 
was known as "Squire Goss." He was a lieutenant in Capt. Bailey 

23 



338- HISTORY OF JiUMFORD. 

Bodwell's Company that saw active service in the war of 1812. His 
widow died in Stonehani, Dec. 30, 1861. 

Chihhx'n : 

i Nary, b. Bethel Januarj^ !», ISOO, d. Januarj' 4 1806. 
ii Nancy, b. Apr. 26, 1801, d. January 7, 1806. 
iii Nary Walker, b. Oct. 28, 1806, m. John Howe, r. Stoneham, Me. 
iv Charles Humphrey, b. Paris, Apr. 27, 1808, in. Fear M., widow of 
Samuel 8. Bicknell and daughter of Jacob Decoster of Hebron. 

Gkaham. 

Joshua Gkaham, son of George and Azubah Graham of Canter- 
bnry, N. H., was born there Jnne 7, 1763. His wife, Hannah 
Chandler, was born in Concord, N. H., June 19, 1763. He was 
early in Rnmford and always a leading man in town, holding many 
important trusts which he alwa3's faithfully fulfilled. He was a 
merchant, farmer, hotel keeper and millmau. 

Children : 

i Aaro7i, b. Concord, March 0, 1788, m. Geneva Moor, 

ii Sarah, b. May 31, 1790, ni. James Frye Bragg of Andover. 

iii Nancy, b. May 30, 1792, m. Elijah Bartlett. 

iv George, b. Rumford, Feb. 26, 1795, m. Hannah J^astman. 

V Asa, b. Aug. 2, 1797, m. Lucinda Farnum. 
vi Abial, b. Aug. 24, 1799, d. Feb. 12. 1802. 

vii John, b. January 1, 1802, d. January 1, 1802. 

viii Joshua, b. March 4, 1804, m. first, Hannah P. Goddard, second, 
Ruth S. Tread well of Portland., third, Sarah Leavitt. 

Aaron Graham, son of the preceding, married Geneva, daughter 
of Aaron Moor of Kumford. He owned the farm opposite the 
Center, which he sold in 183.5, to Samuel Bartlett. 

Children : 

i Sally Bragg, b. August 17, 1812, m. Loammi B. Peabody, d. January 

18. 1880. 
ii Geo. Wellington, b. Apr. 4, 1814, m. Irene Irish, d. 1881. 
iii Joshua Chandler, b. January 20, 1817, d. July 26, 1820. 
iv Lucy A7in, b. Aug. 29, 1821, m. Carlos Wilmot. 

V John Chandler, b. Nov. 4, 1823, m. Apr. 16, 1848, Susan M. Wood. 
vi Jeneatte B., b. Apr. 9, 1825, m. 1844, Leonard Jewell. 

vii Lucina A., b. Aug. 7, 1831, m. Joseph Wilmot, Jr. 

George Graham, brother of the preceding, married Hannah 
Eastman. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 339 

Children : 

i Nancy B., b. Sept. 25, 1819, m. John I. Bra*2:g, r. Upton. 
ii Abial C, b. Jan. 23, 1821. 
iii Azubah, b. July 9, 1822. 
iv Arvilla, b. July 19. 1825. 

V Eli, b. Nov. 30, 1827. 

vi Emeline A., b. Aug. 17, 1830. 

vii Sarah 3L, b. March 16, 1833, m. Stephen J. Seavey, r. Norway. 
viii Wm. II. H.,h. Nov. 12, 1S3G. 

Asa Graham, brother of the preceding, married Lucinda Farnum. 

Children : 

i Susan Farnum, b. Dec. 31, 1817, m. . 

ii Phebe Morse, b. June 19, 1820, m. Albion K. Knapp. 
iii Joshua Chandler, b. Oct. 21, 1822. 
iv Stephen Farnum, b. January G, 1826. 

V Abial Carter, b. Nov. 9, 1828. 

vi George E., b. May 6, 1831, d. Aug. 28, 1831. 

vii G-eorgianna Augusta, b. Feb. 1, 1833. 

viii Caroline Lucinda^ b. Feb. 1, 1836. 

ix Victoria Sophia, b. Sept. 6, 1838. 

X Charles Mason, b. July 12, 1843, d. Feb. 28, 1844. 

Joshua Graham, brother of the preceding, married first, Hannah 
P. Goddard of Andover, who died Dec. 10, 1837. His second wife, 
Ruth S. Treadwell, died Jan. 13, 1843. He married, third, Mrs. 
Sarah Leavitt. 

Children. 

i Sybil Goddard. b. January 21, 1828. 
ii Hannah Chandler, b. Aug. 27, 1829. 
iii Nancy Barton, b. June 21, 1833. 

iv Philadelphia, b. January 17, 1835, m. Augustus J. Knight, d. Nov. 
1, 1887. 

V Caroline C, b. Feb. 6, 1837. 

vi Buth Treadwell, b. March 30, 1840, m. Marcius F. Knight, 

vii Joshua Dexter, b. Dec. 12, 1841, d. Apr. 22, 1842. 

viii Lov^ell Mason, b. July 2, 1846. 

ix Zachary Taylor, b. Nov. 6, 1848. 

X WinfieU Scott, b. Apr. 20, 1852. 

xi Joshua H, b. Aug. 21, 1854. 

George "VV. Graham married Irene Irish of Hartford. 
Children : 

i 3Iartha Ann, b. Oct. 16, 1836. ii Frances Allen, b. Sept. 12, 1838. iii 
Sophia L., b. Aug. 24, 1845. iv Aaron Freeland, b. March 2, 1847. 



340 • HISTORY OF EUMFOBD. 

Charles Graham married Ella M . 

Children : 

i i?ert/m J?., b. Apr. 26, 1873. ii Ilildreth Wood.h.TAny \1,\S1Q. iii 
Sarah C, b. May 30, 1877. iv Luna £■., b. Jan. 3, 1879. 

John Chandlkr Graham, sou of Aaron and Geneva (Moor) 
Graham, married Apr. 16, 1844, Susan M., daughter of Phineas 
and Elizabeth Wood, and is a farmer at Rumford Center. He mar- 
ried second, Caroline, widow of Charles H. Rolfe, and daughter of 
Jonathan Virgin. 

Children : 

i Charles IL, b. Nov. 28, 1849, m. 1871, Eila Swam. 

ii Hildreth IF., b. Dec. 14, 1851. 

iii Adelaide.^ ) twins, b. June 21, 18.57. 

iv Adeline^ jd. Aug. 21, 1857. 

V Marshall S., b. Oct. 23, 1858, d. Aug., 1872. 

vi Elizabeth E., b. Apr. 21, 18G3, d. March 30, 1865. 

vii Joh7i F., b. Sept. 9, 1867. 

viii Susie M.^ b. June 22, 1869, graduated Keut's Hill, 1889. 



Green. 

Asa Green married Phebe . 

Children : 

i Ezra^ b. Groton, Mass., March 29, 1806. ii Serena, b. Tyngsboro, 
Dec. 4, 1807. iii Joel P., b. Aug. 31, 1809. iv Oren, b. Mercer, Me., 
Feb. 26, 1811. v Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1812. vi A7ulrew ,/., b. Nov. 8, 
1814. vii Elmira, b. Aug. 5, 1816. viii Dolly IP., b. Plantation No. 8, 
July 29, 1818. ix Ransom N., b. Jan. 10, 1821. x Julian, b. Oct. 24, 
1822. xi Calista, b. Sept. 8, 1824. xii Abigail 7\, b. June 12, 1826. xiii 
Asa Jr., b. Rumford, March 31, 1829. 

Nahum Green married Mary E. Virgin. 

Children : 

i Mary E., b. Oct. 6, 1850. 



Goodwin. 
Horace Goodwin married Diantha A. 
Children : 



i Charles H., b. Dec. 12, 1854. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 341 

Hall. 

Daniel Hall, son of Ebenezer Hall, was of Concord, N. H. 
He was a descendant in the fourth generation, from Richard Hall 
who settled in Bradford, Mass., in 1673. He was born January 13, 
1755, and died Feb. 18, 1835. He married Deborah Davis, who 
was the mother of his children, and died in Nov., 1822. He mar- 
ried a second wife. 

Children : 

i Dorcas, b. Aug. 14, 1776, m. Joseph Sherburne. 
ii Ebenezer, b. May 9, 1778, lu. Nov. 15, 1803, Hannah Abbot, 
ill Robert, b. June le, 1780, d. Aug. IS, 1805, in the AVest Indies, 
iv Joseph, b. May 4, 1782, ui. Judith Blanchard. 

V Jeremiah, b. May 4. 1782, m. about 1804, Judith Rolfe, and second, 

Betsey (Farnum) Adams. 

vi James, b. June 19, 1784, ra. Nov. 26, 1805, Ruth M. Abbot. 

vii Simeon, b. March 16, 1786. 

viii SaUij, b. Sept. 11, 1788, m. Jeremiah Farnum of Eumford. 

ix PoUy, b. May 16, 1790, d. young. 

X Daniel, b. June 17. 1792, m. Sally . 

xi Hannah, b. March 21, 1794, d. May 9, following, 

xii Gerry, b. Aug. 25, 1795. 

xiii John Calvin, b. Sept. 12, 1798. 

xiv Folly, b. July 27, 1801, d. July 19, 1803. 

Joseph Hall, son of the preceding, came to Rumford and lived 
here many years. His wife was Judith Blanchard. 

Children : 

1 Joshua Thompson, b. Oct. 5, 1805. ii Edward Abbot, b. Aug. 12, 1807, 
d. Dec. 21, following, iii Dorothy Elliot, b. Dec. 11, 1808. iv Deborah 
Z>ams, b. January 18, 1811. v 5e«se?/ i?o//e,b. March 21, 1813. vi Joseph 
Osgood, b. Oct. 15. 1816. vii Livermore Russell, b. Sept. 15, 1818. viii 
William Monroe, b. Sept. 13, 1820. ix Ivory W., b. April 20, 1823. 

Jeremiah Hall, twin brother of the preceding, married Judith, 
daughter of Benjamin Rolfe of Concord, N. H. He also came to 
Rumford, and was quite prominent in town alfairs. 

Children : 

i Daniel, b. Aug. 12, 1805. m. Sarah Lovejoy, r. Peru, 
ii Mary, b. Aug. 6. 1807, m. Farwell Walton, 
iii Lydia, b. 1809, m. Justin Austin, 
iv Davis, b. 1810, ra. Mary Patrick, r. Waltham, Mass. 

V Simeon, b. , d. young. 



342 HISTOUY OF RUMFORD. 

vi Elhridge Gorr>/, h. , ui. DeI)orah II. Hall, r. West Peru. 

vii Aimie, h. , d. aged ',i months. 

vili Charles, h. , ra. Aiigoline Cook, r. Waltham, Mass. 

ix Lucinda,, b. March, 1818, in. William .Vdams of Andover. 

X , Julia, b. , m. James Bragg. 

xi Priscilla, b. , m. Ira Parliu. 

xii Cordelia, b. , m. Dr. Kendall Wright. 

xiii Jeremiah, b. . m. Melvina Brown. 

Daniel Hall, l)rotlier of the preceding, came to Rumford and 
was deacon of the church. His wife was Sally. 

Children : 

i Joseph S., h. Nov. 16, 1821. d. March 21, 1841. 

ii Sarah A., b. Sept. 26, 1823, d. :«ay 1, 1824. 

iii Rozilla ir.,'b. Dec. 30, 1826, d. May 4, 1853. 

iv Arirene, b. July 5, 1830, d. March 24, 1831. 

V Hetmj S., b. July 20, 1833. 

vi Martha J., b. March 17, 1836. 

Kimball Hall, married Delilah G. Kenistou. He died Nov. 13, 
1885, aged 80 3-4 years ; his wife died January 3, 1885, aged 75 3-4 
years. He was not related to other Hall families in this town. 

Children : 

1 Elizabeth Jane, h. Feb. U,lS2d. ii 3Iehitahle P., h. Jan. 10, IS31. iii 
John W., b. Apr. 29, 1833. iv Phebe, b. Oct. 17, 1835. v Abigail Delia, 
b. July 19, 1838. vi Aaron, b. May 29, 1852. 

Henry S. Hall married Julia Vj. Abl)ot in 18G2. 

Children : 
i Eleanor E., b. Feb. 1, 1863. 

Joshua T. Hall m. Charlotte M. Elliot. He was Captain of a 
company that went to the "Aroostook War." 

Children on Rumford records : 
i Imogene M., b. Feb. 25, 1840. 

John R. Hall married Louisa Woods of Augusta. 

Children : 
i Hannah 31., b. Apr. 14, 1863. 

Isaac Hall married Polly . 

Children : 

i Hannah F., b. Apr. 21, 1828. ii Emcline W., b. Feb. 3, 1830. iii 
Nancy Elisabeth, b. Aug. 19. 1832. iv John Oilman, b. Apr. 20, 1834. v 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 343 

Isaac Franklin, b. Aug. 25, 1836. vi Hiram Abbot, b. June 1, 183S. vii 
3Iary Sophia, b. Aug. 8, 1S40. 

Harper. 

Daniel and Ezekiel Harper, brothers, were in town quite early 
and lived on Red Hill. It is said b}^ some that they each had red 
hair, and that the hill where they settled was so named from this 
circumstance. They did not long remain here. Daniel emigrated 
to Ohio and Ezekiel moved to some other town. They were brothers 
of the wives of William Godwin and of Benj. Swett, Jr., and are 
said to have been of Irish parentage. Daniel Harper also had 
brothers Andros and Amos. Anna, daughter of Daniel Harper, 
married David Abbot 3d, in 1824. It is supposed that the mother 
of these Harper brothers was Colman, and hence the frequency of 
this name among their descendants. 

James Colman Harper, brother of the preceding, was born in 
Ashby, Mass., March 10, 17G2. He married Betsey Elliot, who 
was born in Concord, N. H., Sept. 17, 1775, and died Oct. 29, 1809, 
in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Susannah Andreios, b. Sept. 25, 1792, d. Jan. 12, 1793. ii EUiot, b. 
Sept. 26, 1794. iii Cotton Webster, b. July 4, 1796. iv Abigail, b. 
March 16, 1797. v Betsey, b. May 29, 1800. vi Mary Carter, b. July 
13, 1802. vii James Colman, b. May 13, 1804. viii Hiram, b. Feb. 15, 
1806. ix Aaron, b. January 9, 1808. x Ezekiel, b. Oct. 17, 1809. 

Hardy. 

Zebediah Hardy, born May 18, 1794, married Sarah , 

who was born June 11, 1796. He came here from Concord, N. H. 

Children : 

i Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1813. ii JIary Ann, b. July IS, 1815. iii Asa, 
b. Sept. 12, 1816. iv Azuba, b. Feb. 9. 1819. v Xancij, b. Feb. 16, 1821. 
vi Zebediah, b. March 8, 1823. vii Sarah, h. June 19, 1825. viii Clarissa, 
b. May 9, 1827. ix Charles Chandler, b. Dec. 9, 1829. x Martha Jane, 
b. Dec. 7, 1832. 

Hemmingway. 

Francis Hemmingway or Hemmenway, a cooper, born in Boston, 
in 1773, was an early settler. His wife was Rebecca, daughter of 



344 HISTORY OF liUMFOBD. 

William Godwin, who was born in Fryeburg, Me., in 1777. She 
died in 1853, and he in 18.57. 

Children : 

i William Redmond, b. Oct. 1!», 170S, in. Phebe (Buck) Brown. 

ii Colman, b. May 23. ISOO, m. Sally Carr, settled Letter B. 

ill 3/ffln/, b. July 10, 1802. 

iv C'lnthia, b. Apr. 11, 1804, d. Ai)r. 12, 180-1. 

V 2}arh('1, b. March 14, 180G. 

vi Francis, b. July 11, 1807. 

vii Harris Redmond, b. June 27, 1S09. 

viii Salhj W., b. June 27, 1811. 

ix Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1814, m. Alanson Bean, went west. 

X Samuel Farnum, b. July 10, 1816. 

xi James (Godwin, b. July 21, 1818, d. Dec. 3, 1830. 

xii Benjamin Elliot, b. June G, 1820. 

William R. Hemmixgway married widow Phebe Brown, whose 
maiden name was Buck, dangliter of John and Abigail (Irish) Buck 
of Buekfield, who was born Dec. 3, 17!i'2, and died January 14, 
1848. He died May 12, 1882. 

Children : 

i Colmon, b. Jan. 14, 1823, m. Orpha G. Pinkham. 
ii William //., b. Oct. 25, 182G, m. 1st, Amelia Felt, 2d, Lucina (Rolfe) 

Bryant, 
iii Mersylvia L., b. June 2, 1829, in. Lorenzo Billings. 

CoLMAN Hkmmingwat 2d, SOU of Wm. R. and Phebe Hemming- 
way, married July 4, 1852, Orpha G., daughter of Thomas and 
Sarah Pinkham of Dedham, Me. 

Children : 

i J. Miron, b. Milton PI., Apr. 22. 18.53. m. Alice Du&ton. 

ii Charles A., b. May 3, 18.56, m. Bertie Barrows, 

iii Frank Z.., b. Aug. 22, 1857. 

iv irj7/Ks- C, b. Apr. 13, 1859. 

V Leicis P., b. Apr. 23, 1863. 

vi Marydell, b. Kuinford, Apr. 9, 1S70. 

HiGGINS. 

Natiianif.l F. Higgins married Sally . He bought a 

farm of Joseph Wardwell in Turner, and moved there. 

Children : 

i Arabella, b. .Sept. 14, 1802. ii Lnrena, b. March 6, 1805. iii Silas 
Wheeler, b. Apr. 19, 1807, d. Apr. 8, 1810. iv Electy Miller, b. July 24, ISIO. 



HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 345 

HiNKSON. 

Robert Hinkson married first, Mary, daughter of Stephen Put- 
nam, Sept. 20, 1794. He married second, in 1815, Sally, widow of 
Nathan Silver. 

Children : 

1 Polly, b. Sept. 7, 1795, ra. Ebenezer Door of Livermore. 

ii Patty, b. March 1, 1797, m. Ebenezer^Door, 2d. 

iii Robert, b. June 17, 1798, m. . 

iv Sally, b. Oct. 1, 1799. 

V Sullivan, b. Aug;. 29, 1801, d. May 24, 1809. 

vi John, b. April 31, 1803. 

vm Rachd, } *^'"^' ^- January 9, 1805. 

Ix Daniel, b. Nov. 7, 1807, m. Juliette Swain. 

X Phebe, b. Nov. 19, 1808. 

xi Chestina, b. June 6, 1818. 

xii Aldana, b. Sept. 23, 1820, ra. Grace M.?ElIiot. 

John Hinkson and wife'Sally . 

Children on Rumford records : 

i Algernon W., b. May 22, 1826. ii Eliza J. W., b. Feb. 4, 1828. iii 
Lovina Ann S., b. Dec. 19, 1829. 

Joseph Hinkson and wife Mary, had the following children bap- 
tized in Rumford. Joseph Hinkson aged 77 and wife Ruth aged 
67, (probably second wife) J: were living in Roxbury in 1850. This 
wife was Ruth Puffer, to whom^he was maiTied in 1823. 

Children : 

Mary, Melinda, Jane, Samuel, Hannah, Louisa and John. 

Hodgman. 

Charles Hodgman married Elvira . He lived on Ellis 

river. 

Children : 

i Charles W., b. July 10, 1828. ii Sarah J., b. January 14, 1832. iii 
Abner S.. b. March 4, 1834. iv Caleb P., b. March 15, 1837. v Hamson 
Mayhew, b. Sept. 15, 1840. vi Abial C, b. January 8, 1845. 

HODSDON. 

Stephen Hodsdon (sometimes spelled Hodgdon) was born in 
Berwick, Me., and about the year 1800, he came to Rumford. His 



346 HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 

wife was Auna, daughter of Daniel Estes, and sister of John, 
Stephen, Benjamin and Richard, who came into Bethel aljout that 
time. Mr. Hodsdou lived in Rumford but a few years and then, 
having buried his wife, he went to live with his children. He died 
in 1843, in the family of Peter Estes, who had married his daughter. 

Children : 

i Anna^ b. 17S3, m. 1807, Jeremiah Andrews, .Ir., s. Rumford. 
11 Stephen, b. 1785, m. Huldah Washburn of Hebron, r. Bethel. 
iii Theodocia, b. 1788, m. Peter J]stes> r. Bethel, 
iv James, b. 1791, m. Esther, daughter of Moses Burtlett of Bethel; 

lived in Bethel; d. 1853 in Greenwood, 
v Betsey, b. 1794, d. in Bethel, 1872, unmarried. 
vi Susan, b. 1796, m. in Kumford, John Buchaunnn, d. 1868. 
vii Daniel, b. 1799, m. Mary IJ. Kichanlsoii, r. Kumford. 
viii Lucy, b. 1802, m. lioul^en Wliitiiian of Woodstock, d. 1805. 
ix Abigail, b. 1805, m. John Tobiu of Hartford, s. Lincoln. 

Daniel Hodsdon was the only son of Stephen Ilodsdon who 
lived in Rumford. He married in 1836, Mary R., daughter of John 
and Mehitable (Eastman) Richardson, who was born Dec. 3, 1812. 
He died 1865. 

Children : 

i Aimie Maria, b. July 10, 1840. 
ii Samuel K., b. 1844. ni. Mary H. Daniels, r. Lewistou. 

Samuel K. Hodsdon married Mary H. Daniels. 

Children : 
i George B., b. January 25, 18G4. 

Holt. 

David Holt, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Abbot) Holt, born 
in Pembroke, N. H., May 12, 1774, married Nov. 10, 1795, Chloe, 
daughter of Timothy and Mary (Walker) Chandler. He lived in 
Shelburne, N. H., and died in Rumford, Eeb. 1, 1859. His wife, 
born Aug. 30, 1771, died March 17, 1859. Both are buried at the 
Point. 

Children : 

i Betsey Parker, b. May 12, 179G, m. Owen Harris. 
ii Ruth, b. Feb. 17, 1798, m. Asa Park(M-. 
iii Benjamin, b. Apr. 22, 1800, m. Ann Maria Andrews. 
iv Timothy, b. March 7, 1802, m. Nancy Cochran, 
v Chauncey, b. May 31, 1804, m. Mrs. Cynthia Davidson. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 347 

vi Manj TF., b. Sept. 25, 1806, d. June 9. ISHi. 

vii A^onzo, b. July 5, 1809, m. Abigail Stearus. 

viii Dorcas, b. May 21, 1812, m. Asa Spoftord Howard, 

ix Hannah Norris, b. Apr. 14, 1816, d. Feb. 9, 1835. 

Timothy Holt married Sept. 27, 1825, Nancy Cochran. He 
died Sept. 6, 1871, and bis wife died Feb. 7, 1880 ; both buried at 
the Point. 

Children : 

i Samuel Webster, b. Juue 27, 1826. 

ii Robert Scott, b. Apr. 12, 1828. 

iii Chauncey, b. March 28, 1830. 

iv David, b. Feb. 21, 1833. 

V William, b. Feb. 25, 1835. 

vi Hannah N., b. Aug. G, 1837, m. Milton R. Howard, 

vii Chloe, b. March 16, 1840, m. Stephen E. Foye. 

viii Geonje L., b. June 28, 1842, d. May 25, 1844. 

ix George L., b. Apr. 25, 1844. 

X John D., b. Aug. 14, 1846. 

xi Cynthia E., b. Feb. 8, 1850. 

Alonzo Holt married Abigail Stearns of Bethel. She was the 
daughter of John and Priscilla Stearns. He married second, in 
1857, Polly Kimball. 

Children ; 

i John Newton, b. Aug. 7, 1842. 

ii Emily Page, b. Jan. 15, 1844, m. C. Bradford Frost. 
iii James, b. May 11, 1845. 

iv Jarvis Alonzo, b. June 17, 1850, d. Aug. 29, 1854. 
V Charles Frost, b. Sept. 29, 1852, d. Feb. 15, 1854. 

Howe. 

Phineas Howe, son of Josiah, and grandson of John Howe of 
Marlboro, Mass., settled in Boylston, Mass., in 1720. His wife 
was Abigail Bennett. 

Phineas Howe, Jr., son of the preceding, born March 17, 1733, 
married Experience Wheeler. He lived in Berlin, Mass. He was 
a stalwart man, six feet and nine inches tall. 

Children : 

i Silas, b. Oct. 4, 1760, m. Silence Moore, 
ii Lucretia, b. Oct. 4, 1761, m. Samuel Goss, s. Rumford. 



348 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

iii Mary^ b. Nov. 10, 1763, m. Abel Baker, s. Concord, N. II. 

iv Parna, b. May 24, 1705. 

V Sarah, b. March 1, 1707. 

vi Phineas, b. Marcli 2"), 1769, m. Deborah Abbot, s. Euraford. 

vii Experience, b. April 1, 1771, m. Philip Abbot, 

viii Betty, b. April 19, 1773, m. Gustayus A. Goss. 

ix Abram, b. June 24, 1776. 

X Abigail, b. 1778, m. Arnold Powers of Bethel. 

xi Sampson, b. Aug. 17. 1786, ni. Betsey Howe. He with his wife was 
living in Franklin Plantation in ISoO. 

Silas Howe, son of the preceding, married Silence, daughter of 
Abraham Moore of Bolton, Mass., and sister of Aaron Moore of 
Rumford. He lived at the Center, and early commenced mills on 
Split Brook, which he did not finish. 

Children : 

i Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1798. ii Lydia Knirjht, b. Dec. 10, 1802. 

The above are the only births recorded in IJuniford. He may have had 
other children. He either died or left town quite early. Some of the early 
town meetings were held at his house. 

PiiiNEAS Howe, brother of the preceding, married Deborah, 
daughter of Edward and Deborah (Stevens) Abbot of Concord, N. 
H. Mrs. Abbot was the daughter of Aaron Stevens, Esq. Mr. 
Howe came quite earl}' to Rumford. He was a very tall man, his 
height being six feet and five inches. 

Children : 

i Charlotte, b. Aug. 21, 1800, ra. Beuj. Bunker of Rumford. 
ii Phineas, b. Feb. 25, 1802. 

iii Louisa, b. Dec. 19, 1805, m. Jan. 17, 1824, Merrill Farnuni. 
iv Georeje W., b. July 3, 1810. 

V Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1817, ra. Jan. 1, 1837, George W. Bisbee. 

Abraham Howe, brother of preceding, an early settler here, 

married Betsey . It is said that this man removed to 

Canada. 

Chiklren : 

i Henry R«lfe, b. Sept. 20, 1797. 
ii Curtis Pollard, b. Oct. 9, 1798 He married first, Lydia Hunting; 

2d, Abigail Gleason. 
iii Almira, b. July 24, ISOO. 
iv Oliver Beal, (M. D.), b. May 19, 1802, s. Shelburne, N. II. 

V Parna, b. July 8, 1803, m. Abram Warren, 
vi Ltirretia, b. Oct. 27, 1804. 



HIS TOBY OF RUMFOBD. 349 

Sampson Howe, brother of the preceding, has lived more or less 
in Rumford, and also in Franklin Plantation. His wife was Betsey 
Howe, whose brother, Ralph Howe, died in Franklin Plantation. 

Children : 

i Alvan, b. July 21, 1813, m..Melvina Gardiner of Dixfield. 

ii Tamar, b. , d. young. 

ill Achsa, b. , m. Rev. Peter Hopkins of Milton Plantation. 

Otis Howe, son of Alvan Howe, blacksmith, resides at Rumford 
Corner. He served a term as Postmaster there. He was born 
Oct. 25, 1850. and married, July 11, 1876, Mary E., daughter of 
George W. and Harriet R. (Warren) Ripley. 

Children : 

1 Charles Arthiir^ b. April 30. 1877. ii Lula Frances, b. March 12,. 
1879. iii Llewellyn Otis, b. July 12, 1882. iv Bertha Eliza, b. Sept. 21, 
1884. V Alice May, b. Dec. 21. 1888. 

Abraham Howe was of Watertown, and among the earliest 
settlers of Marlboro, Mass. He married. May 6, 1657, Hannah, 
daughter of William Ward. He died June 30, 1C95, and his widow 
died Nov. 3, 1717, aged 78. There is no known connection between 
this family and the descendants of John Howe of Marlboro, pre- 
ceding. 

Daniel Howe, oldest son of the preceding, born in 1658, married 
Elizabeth Kerley. He was a large land owner in Marlboro, and 
died April 13, 1718. 

Joseph Howe, second son of the preceding, born in 1661, mar- 
ried Dorothy Martin in 1687. He was a large land owner in Marl- 
boro, Lancaster and Watertown. He died Sept. 4, 1740. 

Abraham Howe, second son of Joseph preceding, was born 
March 21, 1698. He married, May 24, 1724, Rachel, daughter of 
Benjamin and Mary (Graves) Rice. 

Asa Howe, second son of the preceding, born Nov. 30, 1733, 
married Rachel Goddard in 1762. She died June 10, 1814. 

John Howe, oldest son of Asa preceding, born Nov. 25, 1762, 
married Dec. 28, 1785, Mary Newton. He came to Rumford and 
settled on Ellis River. He was a farmer and cooper, an industrious, 



350 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

peaceable and valuable citizen. For second wife, he married in 
1812, Mrs. Persis INIoore of Worcester, Mass. His wife died iu 
1810 ; be died iu 1830, and his widow Persis iu 1836. 

Children, all, save one, born in Marlboro : 

i Parazina, b. 1786, ni. John Cushiuan of Bethel, d. 1845. 

ii Jod, b. 1788, m. first, Esther Howard, and second, Dorcas Barker, 

s. Hanover, 
iii Eli, b. 1789, m. Salome Andrews, s. Hanover, 
iv Lois, b. 1791, m. Phioch Abbot, s. Upton. 

V John, b. 1792, m. first, Betsey Abbot, second, widow Nancy Brown, 

and third, widow Clarissa Estes. 
vi Otis, b. 1794, m. Elsie Andrews, s. Rumford. 

vii Mary, b. 1798, m. Job Pratt of Cohasset, Mass; she died iu Rum- 
ford, Apiil, 18G;^. 
• viii Calvin, b. in Rumford, 1802, m. Thirza Kimball, s. Rumford. 

Joel Howe, oldest son of the preceding, married first, Esther 
Howard of How-ard's Gore, and second, Dorcas Barker of Newry. 
He engaged in wool-cardiug and cloth-dressing, which business he 
cairied on in Hanover for many years. He died Oct. 12, 1871, and 
his second wife died Aug. 15, 1888. 

Children : 

i Mary Xeicton, b. June 19. 1814, m. Joseph Hutcbins. 

ii Joel B., b. Dec. 12, 181G, d. . 

iii Phineas II., b. Dec. 8, 1819, m. 1 st, Nancy Staples, 2d, Albina Jewett. 
By secoud wife : 

iv Jesse Barker, b. May 26. 1830, m. Matilda Abbot, d. Nov. 30, 1886. 

V Dorcas, fm. Hon. Reuben Foster, r. Waterville. 

\ twins, b. May 24, 1832. 
vi Esther, { m. Prentiss M. Putnam, r. a widow in Portland, 
vii Galen, b. Aug. 4, 1834, m. Helen Foster. He resides in Arizona, 
viii Winjield S.. b. Feb. 23, 1839, m. Clara Knapp, r. Hanover, 
ix Abhie D., b. May 13, 1843, m. C. Bradley Frost; she died Oct. 16, 
1877. 

CoL. Eli Howe married Salome, daughter of Jeremiah Andrews 
of Bethel. He lived iu Kumford, for a time iu Brunswick, and 
finally settled down in Hanover, where for many years he had charge 
of a grist mill. He was one of the substantial citizens of the town. 

Children : 

i Betsey, h. , m. Joseph Staples. 

ii Alo7izo A., b. , m. first, Brown, and second, Nancy 

Andrews. He died in Bethel, 
iii Galen, b. , d. young. 



HISTORY OF BUMF OR D. 351 

iv Gilbert^ b. , m. Sarah D. Perry. 

V Albion A'., b. , ra. Eliza Brown. 

vi William Andrews^ h. , in. Joanna Demerit. 

vii Mary £"., b. , m. first, Geo. W. Lampher, and second, Horatio 

F. Houghton ; she died at Br5'ant's Pond, 
viii Charles Lyman, b. . 

xi Henry N., b. , m. Caroline C. Graham. 

John Howe, Jr., married first in 181H, Betsey, daughter of Jon- 
athan Abbot of Bethel ; second in 1825, Nancy, daughter of Jacob 
Kimball of Bethel, and widow of Rufus Barker of Waterford, and 
third, Clarissa, daughter of Jacob Kimball of Bethel, and widow of 
Eli Estes of Bethel. He died in 1861. The children were by the 
second marriage. 

Children : 

i Elizabeth A., b. Feb. 7, 1826, m. Nathan S. Lufkin, r. Caribou. 
ii Asa Kimball, b. Mar. 3, 1828, d. Mar. 9, 1865, in Manchester, N. H. 
He married Sarah B., daughter of Reuben B. Foster of Hanover, 
iii Rufus B., b. June 28, 1829, m. Delia Silver, 
iv William H., b. March 22, 1831, d. unmarried. 

V John, b. Aug. 4, 1834, m. Augusta M. Glines. 

vi Charlotte Kimball, b. Sept. 7, 1835, m. William Elliot. 
vii Lucinda G., b. May 7, 1837, m, Josiah K. Elliott, 
viii Nancy E., b. June 3, 1845, m. Rev. Francis Grosvenor. 

Otis Howe, b. Sept. 24, 1794, married Elsie, daughter of Jere- 
miah Andrews, who was born March 12, 1796. For second wife 
he married Mrs. Betsey Prescott of Chichester, N. H. He died in 
1863. 

Children : 

i Otis, b. Feb. 1, 1818, m. first, Mrs. Sarah S. Elliot, second, Mrs. 

Judith Rowe. 
ii Dorcas, b. Dec. 10, 1819, ra. Alfred Lufkin. 
iii Amos A., b. Sept. 24, 1821, m. Sarah Allen, Leominster, Mass. 
iv Salome, b. Jan. 6, 1824, d. unmarried, 
v Nancy K, b. April 6, 1826. 

vi Julia Ann, b. May 11, 1828, m. Stephen A. Perry, s. California, 
vii John Hiram, b. Nov. 10, 1830, m. 1858, Harriet E. Glines. 
viii Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1833, m. Sullivan R. Hutchins. 
ix Charles Francis, b. Aug. 3, 1835, d. young. 
X Edward Kent, b. May 4, 1838, r. California, 
xi May Eliza, b. Jan. 14, 1841. d. young. 
By second marriage : 

xii Mary Eliza, b. , m. Cyrus P. Eaton. 

Kill James Prescott, b. , d. 1887. 



352 HIS TOBY OF BUMFOBD. 

Calvin Howe, son of John aud Mary (Newton) Howe, married 
Dec. IG, 1828, Thirza, daughter of Jacob Kimball of Bethel ; married 
by Rev. Daniel Gould. He died July 2, 1884. He was a farmer 
on Ellis River. 

Children : 

i Frances Ann, b. Sept. 2, 1S29, m. Lambert Newton of Audover. 

ii Mark T., b. Sept. 2o, 1831, d. in California, Aug. 10, 1853. 

iii Lucretia T. 1?., b. Feb. 13, 1833, r. Rumford, unmarried, 

iv Julia K., b. Oct. 1, 1834, m. C. A. Stockbridge, d. 1887. 

v Clara E., b. Aug. 3, 183G, ni. Lyman F. Abbot of Andover, d. 

March 12, 1SG3. 

vi Emma S., b. May 1, 1837, m. David G. Glines, d. 1870. 

vii Marij J., b. Oct. 13, 1839, d. Rumford, 1882. 

viii Alden C, b. April 13, 1841. 

ix Nancii M., b. March 4, 1843, d. Rumford, 1888. 

X Althp.a'C, b. June ll,'jl844, m. Greenleaf G. Wagg of Lewiston. 

xi Catherine S., b. June 18, 1845. 

xii Susan P., b. May 13, 1848, m. Dr. Cyrus Kendrick, Litchfield, Me. 

xiii Bosnia H., b. June 30, 1849, m. Hiram H. Bean, Bethel. 

RuFus B. Howe, son of John Howe, Jr., married Delia C, 
daughter of James Silver. He was a farmer and mechanic. At 
one time, witli liis father-in-law, he kept the hotel at Bryant's Pond. 
He died in Douglass, Mass. 

Children : 

i Nellie M., b. Douglass, Mass., June 16, 1856. 

ii Flora Z)., b. Woodstock, Oct. 4, 1857, d. Dec. 3, 1874. 

iii John Fremont, b. Rumford, May 1, 1859. 

iv Gertrude D., b. . 

V Edward B., b. June 26, 1863. 

vi Erving C, b. April 23, 18G6. 

vii Isabella F., b. Jan. 29, 1869. 

viii Liicinda G., b. Jan. 17, 1871. 

ix Walter B., b. Feb. 21, 1874. 

John Howe, Jr., married Jan. 1, 1860, Augusta M., daughter 
of David B. Glines. He is a farmer, and resides on the old home- 
stead of his father. 

Children : 

i John B., b. Feb. 8, 1864, 
ii Ermina A., b. Aug. 11, 1866, m. Oct. 18, 1888, Evans W. Hodgdon. 

iii |r"««ce, f ^^^. ^^ ^^^ 3 ^gj-Q^ 
IV Winjred, \ ' ' 



HISTOEY OF nUMFOlW. 353 

Otis Howe, Jr., m. first, Sarah 8., daughter of David Elliot, 
and second, Judith, daughter of Simeon Rowe of Woodstock, and 
widow of Jonathan Atwood Rowe of same. 

Children : 

i Martha A.^ b. April 3, 1847, m. George T. Silver. 

ii Viana 3/., b. April ,3, 1849, m. Henry S. Philbrick of Audover. 

iii Lewis A., b. Dec. 26, 1850, d. Xov. 20, ISoS. 

iv Alice S., b. April 11. 1852, m. B. H. Boynton. 

V Walter H., b. Feb. 4. 1855, m. Alveua Philbrick oi Roxbury. 

vi Olive M., b. Sept. 10, 1858, m. Charles B. Wing of Wayne. 

vii Sidney Perham^ b. Aug. 10, ISGO. 

viii George Henry, b. March 28, 1869. 

John H. Howe, son of Otis Howe, married Harriet E., daughter 
of David B. Glines. 

Children : 

1 Hattie B., b. February 15, 18G1. ii Hiram W., b. February 25. 1863. 
iii Charles 31., b. Jan. 1, 1865. 

Howard. 

Asa Spofford Howard, son of Asa Howard of Howard's Gore, 
married, first, August 26, 1837, Dorcas, daughter of David and 
Chloe Holt of Pembroke, N. H. She died, and he married second, 
Betsey S., daughter of Joshua and Sally (Powers) Roberts of Han- 
over. Mr. Howard was a farmer, and exemplary man, often en- 
trusted with town ofiice, and had the respect and confidence of his 
townsmen to the fullest extent. At this time (1890) he is spending 
his declining years with one of his married daughters in Bethel. 
He has been greatly afflicted in the death of many of his children at 
an early age. 

Childi-en. 

i Henry F., b. June 19, 1838, m. Nov. 22, 1863, Clara M. Woodbury of 
Sweden; d. Nov. 22, 1871. For several years he was a success- 
ful teacher, studied law and was admitted to the bar. He pos- 
sessed uncommon abilitj^ and his early death was lamented by a 
large circle of friends, 
ii 3Iary IF., b. May 11, 1840, d. Nov. 9, 1870. 
iii Asa, b. March 26, 1842, d. Dec. 31, 1866. 
iv Charles W., b. Sept. 30, 1843, d. Oct. 18, 1868. 
By second wife : 

V Abbie 31., b. Sept. 9, 1849, m. Nov., 1808, Henry Moore, d. April 

27, 1871. 
vi Dollie S., b. Aug. 15, 1852, d. Oct. 16, 1S7S. 

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354 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

vii Adeltha Z)., b. March 24, 1853, d. July 15, 18G8. 
viii Nellie R., h. Jan. 9, 1855, iii. Jan. 1. 1878, Orin W. EUinejwood ; r. 

Bethel. 
ix Fnd E., b. Feb. 9, 1S57, rn. Nov. 11, 1878, Annette Smith. 

Thomas J. Howard, son of Phineas and Lavinia (Powers) 
Howard of Howard's Gore, married Olive, daughter of Amos Bean 
of Bethel in 1825. 
Children : 

i Humphrey, b. Jan. 9, 1827. ii Elias, b. Dec. 1, 1832. iii Huldak, b. 
Feb. 5, 1834. iv Orintha, b. Sept. 24, 1836. v Thomas J., b. Nov. 16, 1837. 

HOYT. 

Ezra Hoyt, who came to this town, was the son of John and 
Abigail (Carter) Hoyt of Concord, N. H., and grandson of Abner 
and Mary Blaisdell Hoyt, who settled in Concord about 1730, from 
Amesbury, Mass. He was born January 23, 1770. His wife was 
Susannah Weeks, to whom he was married April 2, 1795. He lived 
many years on the road between Andover North Surplus and Um- 
bagog Lake. He died in Howard's Gore, where he had long lived. 

Children : 

i WilUain, b. Concord, Nov. 19, 1793, r. Niagara Falls. 
ii Temple, b. Loudon, N. II., Sept. 5, 1796; served in War of 1812; d. 

1839. 
iii John, b. Barnstead, N. IL, Sept. 29, 1797; he kept a hotel at Exe- 
ter, N. H. 
iv Betsey, b. Jan. 27, 1799, ra. James C. Whittemore. 
V Stephen, b. Concord, May 8, 1802; r. Reading, Mass. 
vi Mary Stevens, b. April 2G, 1805. m. Samuel S. Snow. 
vii Clarissa, b. Nov. 4, 1806, m. James Harvey Farnum, d. Portland, 
viii Philip Carrigan, b. July 12, 1808, d. 1841. 

ix Gardiner G.. b. , ui. Laura C. Lovejoy of Andover, s. Hanover. 

X Ahifjail, b. , ni. Samuel Whitney. 

xi Sally, b. , d. young. 

xii Ezra C, b. , (Physician) s. Beaver Dam, Wis. 

Two. each named Fanny, d. in infancy. 

Jesse Hoyt, son of Aaron and Betsey (Kilborn) Hoyt, born in 
Weare, N. H., Dec. 11, 1794, married Abigail Morgan. He came 
from New Hampshire to Rumford in 1830, and died Sept. 4, 1853. 
His wife died August 26, 1878. 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 355 

Children : 

i Orianna, b. Weare, N. U., Oct. 19, 1816, d. Dec. 4, 1840. 

ii Luvinia, b. Weare, X. H., July 19, 1818, ni. FJenjaiiiin Hoyt of Weare. 

iii Betseij, b. Weare, N. H., Jan. 29, 1820, d. 1826. 

iv Sylvamis, b. Weare, N. II., March o, 1822, d. March 1865. uot mar. 

V A)ulreio J., b. AVeare N. H.. Jan. 19, 1824, ui. 1st, Eleanor Batch- 
elder, 2d, Daphne Esther Osgood, resides Walthani, Mass. 
Deacon of First Cong. Church there. 

vi Abigail M., b. Weare, X. H. Dec. 27, 182,5, m. Eobert Kennard. 
She resides at Walthani. 

vii Patrick Henry, b. Weare, N. II. Jan. 4, 1827. m. Lucy A. Farnum. 
He was a Vfethodist preacher and died at Monmouth, Sept. 22, 1869. 
viii Nial, b. Weare, N. H., Jan. 4, 1830, m. Arvilla Wright of Jay, Me., 
d. Xov. 16, 1864. 

ix Aaron, b. Eumford, July 19, 1831, d. June, 184.5, 

X JIary Elizabeth, b. Eumford, March 14, 1834, m. John Haines of 
Walthani, Mass., and resides there. 

xi Loretta Adelaide, b. Eumford, Aug. 8, 1836, m. Francis A. Bacon, 
xii Lucebia E., b. Eumford, Dec. 11, 1838, m. Edward True of Yar- 
mouth, Me. Besides at Castine, Me. 

Patrick H. Hoyt, son of the preceding, born in East Weare, 
N. H. Came to Rumford with his father. When he became of age 
he engaged some years in trade. He was representative to the 
Maine Legislature, served as selectman for several years, and was 
a man of influence in town. In 1862 he was licensed as a Metho- 
dist preacher, and in 1865, was admitted on trial in the Maine Con- 
ference. He had several appointments, one of which was Rumford. 
In 1869, he was appointed to Monmouth, and died there Sept. 22 of 
that year. He married in 1851, Lucy Ann Farnum. 
Children : 

1 Nial, b. May 3, 1853. 

ii Ella F., b. Oct. 16, 1854, d. Oct. 26, 1864. 

in Mary E., b. Dec. 11, 1856. 

iv Patrick Henry, b. May 9, 1859, d. Oct. 29, 1864. 

v Lttcy J., b. Jan. 27, 1861. 

Nial Hoyt, brother of the preceding, married in Dunbarton, N.. 
H., in 1856, Arvilla, daughter of Reuben Wright. He died in 
Rumford, Nov. 15, 1864. 

Children : 

i Walter Scott, b. Nov. 29, 1857. ii Addie Augusta, b. Apr. 19, 1860. 
iii Willie Herbert, b. Jan. 26, 1862, d. Feb. 10, following. 



356 . HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Hunting. 

Nathan Hunting, from Chelmsford, Mass., purchased the mill 
privilege near the mouth of Split Brook at the Center, where Silas 
Howe had made improvements, of Phiueas AVood. He came here 
and finished the mills and operated them for several years. He 
then sold out and returned to Chelmsford. His onlj' sou, George, 
settled in Kentucky, and a]>out the year 1830 he moved his parents 
to that State. They all died of cholera on the same day. ISlr. 
Hunting married a Jinks. 

Children : 
i Eliza, h. , m. Samuel Robertson of Bethel. 11 Xanry, h . 



m. Philip Tyler. Ill Abigail, h. , ni. Moses Foster. Iv Mercy, b. 

, m. Franklin Foster, v Lydia, b. , m. Curtis P. Howe, vi 

George, b. , d. unmarried in Kentucky. 



HUTCHINS. 

Hezekiah Hutciiins of Concord, N. H., married Sally Elliot, 
and came to Rumford among the quite early settlers. He was 
prominent in town and church affairs, and the first deacon of the 
Congregational church. 

Children : 

i David, b. July 4, 1795. ra. Sally Abbot of Audover. 

11 Hezekiah, b. Sept. 19, 1797, ra. Luclnda Bean. 

HI Polly Elliot, b. June .5, 1800, d. Oct. 8. 1803. 

iv Jacob, b. March 21, 1802, d. Oct. 9, 1803. 

V Polly Elliot, b. January 25, 1804, m. Enos Abbot. 

vl Sally, b. March 4, 1806. 

vU Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1808. m. Mary N. Howe. 

David Hutchins, Jr., son of the preceding, married Betsey Holt 
of Pembroke, N. H. Tlie oldest two children were born in Con- 
cord ; the others in Rumford. Mrs. Hutchins was the daughter of 
Frye and Mary (Poor) Holt of Pembroke, N. H. Mr. Hutchins 
was known as "Master Hutchins." 
Children : 

1 Betsey, h, June 17, 1804. 11 Clarissa, b. July 13, 180G. Hi Naiicy, b. 
June 28, 1808. Iv Frye Holt, b. Aug. 14, 1810. v Hannah C, b. July 
10, 1812. vi Elijah Bartlett, b. Aug. 27, 1814. vli Mary Strickland, b. 
Oct. 23, 181G. vlll Pe.rsis Frye, b. Feb. 16, 1820. Ix Betsey Poor, b. March 
31, 1823. X Enoch Holt, b. Oct. 31, 1825. 



HISTORY OF UmiFORD. 357 

Hezekiah Hutchins, Jr., b. Sept. 29, 1797, married Luciuda, 
daughter of Luther Bean. He was a land surveyor, a Justice of 
the Peace, and a prominent man. He died at his farmstead, just 
across the line in Bethel, Nov. 14, 1850. 

Children ; 

i Louisa A., b. July 13, 1830, m. Geo. W. Hunt. 

ii Sullivan R.,h. Oct. 7. 1832, m. 1855, Sarah E., daughter of Otis Fowe. 
lit Sophia F.^ b. May 29, 1835, m. 1855, Amos A. Young, 2d, Curtis 

Gilnian. 
iv OUvc^ b. June 6, 1837, m. Leaiider F. Lynde. 
V Jane 31., b. July 20, 1839, m. 1 st, Nathan Cliflord Kuapp, 2d, Charles 

W. Kimball, 
vi Abel C. T., b. Feb. 23, 1843. 

Joseph Hutchins married Mary N. Howe. He lived on the 
Henry Abbott farm at East Rumford, and died July 25, 1871. His 
widow died March 28, 1875. 

Childi'en : 

i Joel Hotve, b. Marcli 24, 1832, m. Frances M. Silver. 
11 Nancy Swan. b. Feb. 11, 1834, ra. George S. Silver, 
ill Asa Boyden, b. Nov. 27, 1839, d. Oct. 1, 1872, of consumption. 

Frye H. Hutchins, son of David Hutchins, was a farmer and 
trader. He also kept the hotel at Bethel Hill for a number of years. 
He lived on a farm on the west side of P^llis river and was in trade 
at Hanover. Injiis earlier years he taught school. He was a good 
business man and was more or less in town office. He died in Han- 
over July 10, 1879. His wife, Betsey (Huckins) Hutchins, born in 
New Hampton, N. H., Dec. 7, 1816, resides a widow in Hanover. 
Children : 

i Ellis Jane, h. Feb. 21, 1837, m. 1855, Charles R. Abbot, and d. Nov. 

27, 1860. 
ii George H., b. Oct. 11, 1841. m. July 13, (?) Georgie McAllister of 
Andover. He served in the 7th ;^hline Battery, and since the war 
has resided a fanner in Andover. They have, 1, Fred F., b. Sept. 
10, 1872; 2d, Bert B., b. Aug. 29, 1878. 

Sullivan R. Hutchins, son of Hezekiah Hutchins, ,lr., is an 
Attorney at Law and a surveyor of land. He was married Nov. 
28, 1854, to Sarah E., daughter of Otis and Elsie (Andrews) Howe 
of Rumford, by Rev. Joseph Lufkin. He has for some years occu- 
pied the Dr. Fuller stand at the Corner. 



358 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

Children : 

i Horace G., b. Oct. 14, 1855, d. Nov. 9, 1856. 
ii Clarence iV.. b. May G, 1857, m. Apr. 6, 1880, Nellie S. Rawson of 

Paris, 
ill Harry //., b. Dec. 20, 1858, ni. July 15, 1880, Ada M. Colby, 
iv Edtmrd E., b. Aug. 28, 1861, d. Oct. 18, following. 

Joel H. Hutciiins married Frances M. Silver, July 4, 1857, at 
Shelburne, N. H. 

Children : 
i James S., b. March 17, 1864. ii Mary F., b. Apr. 30, 1870. 

David Hutchins, 3d, married Sally Abbot of Andover, July, 1817. 
Children : 

i Phebe Howard, b. Sept. 3, 1818. ii Ems Abbot, b. Dec. 26, 1819. ili 
Lucy Adams, b. Apr. 4. 1822. iv Mary Parsons, h. Feb. 6, 1824. v Lydia 
Elliot, b. Feb. 15, 1826. vi Lncinda Bean, b. January 3, 1828. vii Jacob 
Elliot, b. Feb. 11, 1830. viii Sarah Farnum, b. Feb. 4, 1832. 

William C. Hutchinson married Phebe M. Lufkin. He was a 
private in the 7th Maine Battery. 

Children : 

i Mary E., b. Oct. 20. 1848. ii Corinna L., b. Sept. 11, 1849. iii Evelyn 
R.. b. Dec. 23, 1851. iv Edxoin H. b. Aug. 28, 1853. v Willie F., b. 
March 6, 1855. vi Leroy C, b. Apr. 24. 1857. vii Maria Florence, b. Apr. 
25. 1861. 

Ikish. 

Thomas Irish, Jr., born in Buckfield, March 3, 1800, married 
Sept. 6, 1835, Eveline Augusta Daggett, who was born Feb. 21, 
1816. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Roberts) Irish of 
Gorham, grandson of William Irish, and great grandson of James 
Irish, who emigrated froin Koxfordsliire, England, al)Out 1710 and 
first located in Falmouth, (Portland) subsequently at Gorham. 
Mr. Irish came to East Rumford in 1859 and was a farmer. 

Children : 

i Hnry />.. b. July 10. 1836, ni. Catbcriiic Hiues. 
ii Jonathan -V., b. January 23, 1838, unmarried in Ruraford. 
iii Emily S., b. January 20, 1841, d. Apr. 24. 1870. 
iv Phebe M., b. Sept. 4, 1843, d. Sept. 6, 1847. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 359 

Jackson. 

Benjamin Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson of Newry, born in 
1814, married Sarah Evans of Shelburne, N. H. He was by trade 
a tailor, and carried on business in this town many years. No record 
of the family has been received, but the census of 1850 gives the 
following : 

Children : 

i Dolly 31., b. 1836. ii Napoleon B., b. 1837. iii Ezekiel C, b. 1838. iv 
Sylvester S., b. 1841. v Benjamin, Jr., b. 1844. vi Child, b. 1849. 

Jacobs. 

Joseph Jacobs, born in 1794, married Mary J. , who was 

born in 1793. With the following children, they were living in 
Mexico in 1850. Their two sous served on the Rumford quota in 
the late war. 

Children : 

i 3Iary J., b. , 1827. ii William /., b. , 1830. iii Harmon, 

b. , 1832. 

Jennison. 

Gardner Jennison married Eliza F. . 

Children recorded on Rumford records : 

i Isaac Marshall, b. Feb. 7, 1833. ii Caroline, b. July 7, 1835. iii Sarah, 
b. Oct. 28, 1838. 

Kennison. 

James R. Kennison married Fanny, daughter of Samuel Putnam. 

He lives on Eaton Hill. 

Children on town records : 

i Lois E., b. July 26, 1830. ii Arvilla, b. Sept. 10, 1832. iii Diantha 
Angeline, b. Auaj. 21, 1835. iv Martha Bupina, b. Dec. 9, 1837. 

Keyes. 

Jonathan Ketes, Jr., said to be first settler in Rumford, son of 
Dea. Jonathan and Patience (Morse) Keyes of the North Parish in 
Shrewsbury, Mass., born Jan. 21, 1728, married January 23, 1752, 
Sarah Taylor. An account of his life previous to his coming to 
Rumford will be found elsewhere. He settled on the farm below 



860 . HISTORY OF nUMFORD. 

Rumford Corner, now known as the Timothy Walker farm, and 
deceased Nov. U, 1786. He, with his wife, was buried on his farm, 
and no monument or stone marks his last resting place. 

Children : 

i Solomon, b. June 25, 1758. 
ii Dinah, b. January 23, 1755 d. 1756. 
iii Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1756. 

iv Tliomas, b. . 

V Ebcnezcr, b. Oct. 24, 1760, m. Jeminiii Jackson and was with his 
fatlier in Kumford, but returned to Massachusetts. In 1805, he 
moved to J:ij', Mc, where he died Ma}' 31. 18.^8. 
vi Sahna. b. Sept. 6, 1762. Fie left homo when a boj' and settled in 

Virginia, 
vii Francis, b. Oct. 13, 1765, ni. Dolly Bean. 

Francis Keyes (see personal notice) married Dolly, daughter of 
Josiah and Molly (Crocker) Bean of Standish, afterwards of Bethel. 
He lived on the homestead of his father. He died August 16, 1832, 
and his wife died Fel)., 1834. 

Children : 

i Salhj. b. June fl, 1792. m. Peter C. Virj^in. 
ii PoViu b. Nov. 14, 1794, m. Jesse Putnam, 
iii Jonathan b. Apr. 24, 1797. He was killed by the bursting; of a 

gun while firing at a military nmster in Rumford. 
iv Josiah, b. Dec. 24. 1799, m. Rachel Barker. 
V Lydia, b. Aug. 23. 1802, m. Francis Cushnian. 
vi Winthrop S.. b. Dec. 5, 1804, d. Nov. 22, 1825. 
vii Dolly B., b. Nov. 10, 1806, m. Otis C Bolster, died Aug. 15, 1840. 
viii Francis, b. Oct. 13, 1810, d. young. 
ix Hannah, b. July 19, 1813, m. Loammi B. Peabody. 

Josiah Keyes, son of the preceding, married Rachel, daughter 
of Capt. Samuel Barker of Newry, afterwards of Rumford. He 
resided at Rumford Corner. He was a noted wag and wit, and 
many of his bright sayings are still remembered by Rumford people. 
He was a fine mechanic and assisted in ])uilding some of the finest 
bridges connecting Boston with Charlestown. 

Children : 

i Frances Ophelia, b. Sept. 30, 1836, m. Miirch 11, 18.56, Stephen A, 
Russell of Bethel. He is a jeweller and watchmaker, a very in- 
genious workman and resides in Augusta, Me. They have : Alice 
A., b. Nov. 22. 18.58; Sylvanus H., b. Dec. 8, 1861. 
ii Cincinnatus. b. June 13, 1839. He was killed in 1862. in the battle 
of f'edar M<niiit;iin, Va. 



HIS TOBY OF RUMFORD. 361 

iii William Tell, b. Aug. 23, 1843, ni. 1st, Thirza A. Little, resides Cole- 
brook, N. H. He m. 2cl, Oct. 30, 1875, Sarah A. Keyes. 
iv George D., b. Sept. 15, 1848, ra. Carrie Lowder of Rockland. 

Kimball. 

John Kimball of Exeter, N. H., married first, Abigail Lyford, 
Feb. 14, 1722-3. For second wife he married Sept. 18, 1740, 
Sarah, daughter of Dea. Thomas Wilson. By the first marriage 
there were six children, and by the second, nine. 

Moses Kimball, son of the preceding, born in Exeter, N. H., 
May 13, 1749, married widow Phebe (Cole) Smart, who was born 
in Exeter, Sept. 23, 1753. He came to Rumford in 1785, and died 
Apr. 5, 1830 ; his wife died Nov. 26, 1823. 

Children : 

1 Sarah, b. Exeter, March 13, 1782, m. Isaac Gleason of Mexico, d. 

Sept. 3, 1860. 
11 Moses, b. Jan. 15, 1784, m. Feb., 1813. Lucy Osgood, 
ill John, b. Rumford, July 8, 1785, m. 1808, Hannah (Wheeler) Martin, 

d. Dec. 6, 1864. 
iv Noah, b. March 8, 1787. 
V Mary, b. July 24, 1788, m. Nason Ingalls. 
vi David, b. Oct. 18, 1790, m. Feb. 25, 1817, Lucy Wheeler, 
vii Loruhamah i., b. Feb. 15, 1792. ra. Rev. Joseph Lufkin. 
viii William, b. July 8, 1793. 
ix Robert C, b. Feb. 15, 1795, m. Virtue Willis. 

x Phebe, b. July 23, 1796, m. Nov. 29, 1819. John Lufkin; d. Jan. 24, 
1872. 

John Kimball, son of Moses Kimball, married Hannah (Wheeler) 
Martin in Nov., 1808. She was the widow of John Martin, who 
died in 1805. 

Children : 

i William, h. Sept. 16, 1810, d. Oct. 28, following, 

ii John Wesley, b. March 21, 1812, m. Mary Brown, 

iii Alvan, b. Julj^ 3, 1814, m. Janette (Marble) Kimball, 

iv Blanchard, b. June 27, 1816, m. Rose Carr. 

V Wilson, b. , m. Janette Marble. 

vi Hannah, b. , ni. Judge Charles W. Walton. 

David Kimball, son of Moses Kimball, married Lucy W. 
Wheeler of Dixfield, who was born Sept. 14, 1793, and died March 
30, 1782. 



362 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

■Children : 

i Cordelia Walker, b. Nov. 21, 1817, d. Dec. 22, 1819. 
ii Lucy A. C, b. Feb. 8, 1819, d. Aug. 22, 1823. 
iii Amanda C, b. Nov. 30, 1820, d. Feb. U, 18G5. 
iv Joseph S., b. Aug. 10, 1822 d. Aug. 23, 1823. 

y Columbia, | ^^^j^^ ^ ^^^ 30 ^^.^^ 

VI Columbus, J ' 

vii Juliette, b. March 30, 1826. 

viii WilUam Wallaee, b. March 22, 1828, m. Eva M. Cone. 

ix David Williams, b. Feb. 14, 1830, ra. Sarah Moore. 

X Virgil Z)., b. Nov. 10, 1831, m. Lydia A. Martin. 

xi Lucy Ann, b. June 1, 1834, ui. Merrit N. Lufkiu. 

xii Elizabeth, b. Apr. 5. 1836, m. Geo. H. Gleason. 

Robert C. Kimball, son of Moses Kimball, married Virtue, 
daughter of Jonas Willis of Hanover, who was born Oct. 8, 1803, 
and died March 24, 1867. Mr. Kimball died in Hanover Jan. 29, 

1880. 

Children. 

i Charlotte W., b. Jan. 1, 1829, m. John Swain, Jr. 
ii Lncinda B., b. Sept. 17, 1830, m. Levi Swain, 
iii Adam W., b. Aug. 18, 1832, m. Philena Swain. 

iv Dana L., b. Aug. 14, 1843. m. Rose K., daughter of Stephen and Ann 
W. Philbrick. 

Virgil D. Kimball, son of David Kimball, married Lydia A. 
Martin, and lives on the Kimball homestead near Red Hill. 

Children : 

i William J., b. Aug. 24, 1856, m. Pearl Faruum. He keeps the tavern 

at the Center, 
ii Lricy ir., b. June 23, 1S62. 
iii Evelina, b. March 1, 1SG4. 
iv Wilder, b. Marcli 9, 1867. 

Jacob Kimball, born in Andover, Mass., June 9, 1700, was the 
■fifth in descent from Kichard Kiinl)aU, the imigrant, who settled in 
Ipswich. Jacob Kimball married Sarah Hale, who was born Feb. 
11, 1723. Among their children was, 

Asa Kimball, wlio was born June 15,1738. He married Huldah 
Tapley of Toitslicld, jNIass., July 15, 1760. In 1787, he bought 
land in Bridgton, and there built a rope-walk, 300 feet in length. 
Of his sons, Samuel, Asa, Israel and Jacob, settled in Bethel, and 
he came -there in his old age, and died there. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 363 

Asa Kimball, Jr., son of the preceding, came to Bethel quite 
early and settled on the interval farm on the south side of Andros- 
coggin river, which Samuel Ingalls in 1777, bought of Jonathan 
Keyes. He married Phebe Foster of Bridgton. Two of his chil- 
dren came to Rumford, namely, P^squire Moses, and Nanc}', who 
became the wife of Porter Kimball. 

Moses F. Kimball, Esq., married Mary, daughter of Josiah 
and Molly (Crocker) Bean of Bethel, and settled first in Bethel, 
near his father's residence. He was a blacksmith. He then moved 
to Rumford Point, and died there. (See his personal notice). 

Children : 

i Mary Ann^ b. Bethel, Apr. 26, 1814, m. Eben T. Goddard. 

it Charles Adams, b. Eumford, Dec. 10, 1816, m. Elizabeth W. Abbot, 

ill William King, b. June 7. 1820, ni. Frances Rawson; d. Sept. 2, 1875. 

iv Asa, b. Auoj. 20, 1824, m. Geneva Frost. 

V Dolly Keyes, b. May 10, 1826, m. Gideon A. Hastings, r. Bethel, 

vi Arabella Carter, b. March 25, 1830, m. Alvan B. Godwin, r. Bethel. 

Charles Adams Kimball, son of the preceding, (see personal 
notice) married Apr. 12, 1838, Elizabeth, daughter of David Abbot. 

Children : 

1 Charles W.. b. March 3, 1839, m. Jennie, widow of Nathan C. Knapp 

' of Hanover, and daughter of Hezekiah Hutchins. He was long in 

trade at the Point, served in the Maine liCgislature and for many 

years, treasurer of the town. He resides at Eumford Point. 

ii Elizabeth A., b. Dec. 9, 1841, m. John G. Elliot who died Aug. 6, 1882. 

ill Caroline W., b. Feb. 2«. 1846, m. Orlando W. Blanchard who died 

March 2, 1872. 

Asa Kimball, brother of the preceding, lives at the old home- 
stead of his father at Rumford Point. He is a farmer. He married 
Geneva, daughter of William Frost. 

Children : 

i Prentiss E., b. May 26, 1847, ra. Estella Bean. r. Portland, 
ii Mary G., b. Apr. 4, 1853, m. Walter S. Abbot. 
iii 3foses F., b. Nov. 27, 1856, d. Aug. 31, 1857. 
iv William Frost, b. May 25, 1865, resides unmarried in Portland. 

Francis Kimball, born in Bradford, Mass., Dec. 8, 1742, mar- 
ried Betty Head, who was born in 1748, and died Sept. 13, 1820. 
He died Dec. 6, 1822. They had a large family, the oldest being 

Peter Kimball, born Aug. 9, 1768, married Lucy, daughter of 



304 HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 

Asa Darktr, and moved to Bridgton. They had children Porter aud 
Peter, twins, Jonathan, George, Frances and AVilliam and two 
danghters who died unmarried. Peter and Jonathan Kimball settled 
on what was then known as Hamlin's Gore, now a part of the town 
of Woodstock, and Jonathan died there. Peter was a carpenter 
and carriage maker and carried on the business a long time on the 
Gore, then moved to Norway w^here he died. He was the father of 
Hon. Charles P. Kimball and of Hannibal I. Kimball of Atlanta, 
Georgia. George Kimball lived in Bethel many years, then moved 
to Waltham, Mass., w'here he died. 

Porter Kimball, born in Bradford, Mass., May ID, 1793, son 
of Peter and Lucy (Barker) Kimball, and grand son of Francis and 
Betty (Head) Kimball, came from Bethel prior to 1819. He was a 
blacksmith and lived at the Point. (See personal notice.) He 
was married in Bethel, April 30, 1818, by Rev. Daniel Mason, to 
Miss Nancy, daughter of Asa and Phebe (Foster) Kimball, and 
sister of Moses F. Kimball, Esq., (whose record see). Mr. Kim- 
ball died in Rumford June 27, 1851, and his widow married second, 
Hon. Peter C. Virgin, whom she survived, and is now (1889) living 
in Cambridge, Mass , at the age of 90 years. 
Children. 

i George, b. March 1, 1S19, d. March 26, followinj;. 
ii Lucy Ann, b. Feb. 13 1820, m. Jan. 1. 1839, Cyrus Small, d. Maj- 22, 

1848. 
iii Nancy, h. Apr. 20, 1822. d. Auo-, 4, 1844. 
iv AhifiaU, b. March 11. 1825, m. Oct. 13, 1847, Charles Monroe. 
V Charles Henry, b. Dec. 2.5, 1828, m. first Eliza Ostrander and second, 
Laura S. Porter. 

Charles Henry Kimball, son of the preceding, (see personal 
sketch) married first at Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1853, Miss Eliza, 
daughter of William INIuir and Renette (Weed) Ostrander, who was 
born in TuUy, N. Y., Sept. Ifi, 1831, and second, i^larch 25, 1868, 
at Brooklyn, N. Y., Miss Laura Stinson, daughter of Oliver and 
Aurora Freeman (Stinson) Porter, wiio was born in Levant, INIe., 
June 22, 1834. 
Children : 

i Renette Weed. b. Brooklj-n, N. Y.. Ai)r. 2, IS.", d. March 18, 18.59. 
ii Alice Wnodman. h. Oct. 9. 1858. 
By second wife : 

in Charles Henry, b. Aiken, S. C, Feb. 23, 1871. d. July 23, 1889. 

iv Fred K. Porter, h. Plainfield, N. J., July 1, 1872. 



HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 365 

Knapp. 

Nathan Knapp was born in Spencer, Mass., Dec. 2, 1784, and 
died in Rumford Oct. 4, 1833. His wife was Phel)e, daughter of 
DaAid Farnum. He was drowned in Rumford Falls. 

Children : 

i David, h. Mexico, Apr. 12, ISIO ra. Clarissa Glines. 

ii Enoch, b. Aug. 20, 1811. m. Eliza, daughter of Elias Bartlett of 

Bethel. 

iii Albion Keith, b. June 15, 1813. m. Phebe M. Graham, 

iv Jane Barnard, b. May 2G, 1815. 

V Lydia Bemis, b. June 4, 1817, d. July 25, 1820. 

vi Dorcas Farnum, b. Sept. 21, 1819. 

vii Hiram Andrews, b. Aug. 26, 1822. 

viii Phebe Gleason, b. Rumford, jSTov. 15, 1824. 

ix Martha HalloweU, b. Oct. 26, 1827. 

X Byron Livermore, b. January 12, 1830. 

xi Victoria Columbia, b. Sept. 15, 1832, d. June 1, 1834. 

David Knapp married Clarissa, daugliter of Chandler Glines. 
He lived at the Falls. He was elected Register of Probate and 
lived in Paris several years. He then moved to Norway, where he 
died. 

Children : 

i Nathan Clifford, b. Sept. 25, 1834, d. Aug. 1, 1835. 

ii Marian Caroline Louisa, b. March 1, 1836, d. June 16, 1838. 

iii David Scott, b. June 28, 1839. 

iv 3Iary Adelaide, b. Aug. 27, 1841. 

V James Harvey Farnum, b. Aug. 8, 1843. 

vi Laura Frances, b. Oct. 22, 1845. 

vii Clara E., b. Dec. 1. 1855, d. May 24. 1876. 

Enoch Knapp married Eliza, daughter of Elias and Eliza 
(Adams) Bartlett. He lived at the Falls and was interested in the 
mills erected by his father. 

Children : 

i Helen Eliza, b. March 6, 1837. 

ii Caroline Maria, b. June 24, 1840, d. March 23, 1865. 
iii Charles Adams, b. Jan. 31, 1842, d. May 28, 1864. 
iv Orisa P., b. Sept. 2, 1848. 

v Preston A., b. . 

Albion K. Knapp married Phebe Graham. He resided in Rum- 
ford, but in later years in Hanover, where he was long in trade. 



366 HIS TOBY OF HUM FORD. 

Children : 

i Nathan Clifford, b. Feb. 11, 1840, in. .Teniiie Ilutchins. He died of 

diphtheria, and his widow married Charles W. Kimball, 
ii Clarisaa Morse, b. Nov. 25, 1842, m. Wiufteld S. Howe, s. Hanover, 
ill Phebe Lucinda, b. Sept. 27, 1845, d. next day. 
iv Lyman llawson, b. Au^. 7, 1846. 

Byron L. Knapp married Maggie . 

Children : 
i Ivanora 8., b. Feb. 6. 1861. ii Nathan //., b. Feb. 21, 1863. 

Knight. 
William Knight, an early resident of Windham, moved there 
from Manchester, Mass. 

Joseph Knight, sou of the preceding, with his brother William 
junior, was captured by the Indians in 1747, and remained wuth 
them some time. In 1748, Joseph was again captured, but managed 
to escape, and warned the settlers of North Yarmouth of an intended 
attack upon that town, and thus averted it. Capt. Joseph Knight 
married Phebe Libby and died in 1797. 

Children • 

i Li/dirt, b. Falmouth. 1761. ii PAe6e, b. Windham, 1763. iii Nathaniel, 
b. Gorham, 1765. iv Daniel, b. 1769. v Joseph, b. 1771, d. young, vi 
Nabby, b. 1773. vii Joseph, b. 1775. viii Samuel, b. 1778. ix Morris, b. 
1780. X Winthrop, b. 1782. xi Benjamin, b. 1785. 

Daniel Knight, son of the preceding, born Sept. 9, 1769, came 
early to Rumford. • His wife was Betsey Wheeler of Concord, N. 
H., who was born May 25, 1776. He died Sept. 2, 1819. His 
widow died Aug. 14, 1846. 

Children : 

i Lydia, b. Oct. 21. 1798, d. January 15, 1799. 
ii Lydia, b. Nov. 21. 1799, d. July 20, 1802. 
ill Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1801, m. Feb. 7, 1828. Nancy Rolfe. 
iv Daniel Baker, b. Jan. 21, 1804, d. Feb. 11, 1824. 
v Keziah B., b. May 2. 1807, ni. Sept. 28, 1826, Josiah Parker, d. Nov. 

2, 1888. 
vi Betsey F., b. March 17, 1800, m. May, 1835, Lyman Bolster, d. Dec. 

23, 1884. 
vii Winthrop, b. January 8, 1811, m. Caroline King, 
viii Lovisa S., b. March 22, 1813, ra. William G. Martin, 
ix Phebe, b. Sopt. 28, 1815, m. Jan. 1, 18.")0, John Jenne. 
X Jeremiah Wheeler, b. Feb. 6, 1819, d. May 11, 1845. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 367 

Samuel Knight, brother of the preceding, married Olive Foss of 
Topsham. He was a millman, moved to Dixfield about 1816, from 
there to Peru, where he died in 1859. His widow died in Newbury- 
port, Mass. 

Children : 

1 Fanny, b. Topsham, August, 1805, d. Sept., 1805. 

ii Lydia, b. Eumford. Sept. 2, 180G, m. Willard Torrey. 

ill Sally Graham, b. June 18, 1808, ui. Jereuiiah Hall, 

iv Morris, b. . 

V Elmore, b. 1815, ni. Mary Ann Babb, r. Peru, 

vi Mary W., b. 1817. m. Eliiah Hall, 

vii Angeline, b. Dixfield, 1819. 

viii Phebe, b. , m. Joshua Ricker. 

ix Daniel, b. . 

X Cyrus, b. , m. Eleanor W. Babb. 

xi Lenora, b. . 

JosiAH Jordan Knight, son of Isaac and Lydia Jordan Knight, 
was born in Poland, Nov. 17, 1800. His father, Isaac Knight, 
came from Nottingham, N. H., and his wife Lydia, was the daughter 
of Josiah Jordan. He married Sally P. Ryerson of Paris, and lived 
some years in that town near South Paris. He then, in 1839, moved 
into Woodstock, into a place called "Sygotch," where he did exten- 
sive farming and also owned and operated a lumber mill. He moved 
to Rumford in 1853, to the Dr. Adams farm, and died in this town 
June 18, 1888. His wife died June 1, 1869. He was a man of 
much energy and enterprise, and did a large amount of business. 

Children : 

i Charles P., b. Sept. 9, 1826, m. Juliette W., daughter of Hon. James- 
H. Farnum. He was a school teacher, farmer and trader. He 
lived at Bryant's Pond, Lewiston and Paris ; he was also in trade 
on Bethel Hill, whence he went to Canada, 
ii Augustus James, b. Sept. 22, 1828, m. Philadelphia M. Graham, 
iii G. Freelon, b. Feb. 7, 1832, d. Dec. 1, 1837. 

iv Marcius F., b. March 15, 1836, m. 1st, Euth T. Graham ; 2d, Betsey 
Richardson. He is a farmer in Rumford and Trial Justice. His 
children died young. 
V Marijarius, b. Man^h 15, 1836, d. Dec. 6, 1837. 

Augustus James Knight, son of the preceding, was married 
Feb. 8, 1854, at Portland, by Rev. Benjamin D. Peck, to Philadel- 
phia Maria, daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Goddard) Graham of 
Rumford. He is a farmer and owns the farm at East Rumford 



368 JIISTOBY OF ItUMFORD. 

known as the General Bolster place. He makes a specialty of fruit 
culture, and has raised seven hundred barrels of choice apples in a 
single season. In early manhood he was a school teacher. His 
wife died Nov. 1, 1887. 

Children : 

i Frfilon A.^ b. Nov. 4, 18.")4. m. Nov. G, 1881, Huldah C. .lackson. 
ii Charles F., b. Apr. 1, 1856 m. April, 1882. Sadie Ed^ecomb. 
ill liosalia Ii.. b. Apr. 2G, 1858, m. Nov. 29, 18S:i, Dr. F. P. Abbot. She 

died in Brooklyn, Sept. 9, 1887. 
iv Cum G., b. Aug. 4, 18G0, ni. at Memphis, Teiin., Nov. 29, 1883, Nate 
D. Clifford, who died in Marshall, Texas, I^laroh 10, 1887. 

Kyle. 

"William Kyle, born in Manchester, Vt., moved from Peru to 
Rumford about the year 1833, to the place since occupied by Cotton 
Elliot. He died Sept. 26, 1868, aged 85 and three-fourths years. 
His wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Walker, died March 1st, 
1841, aged 45 years. 

Children : 

1 Willimn 3/., b. Peru. , d. Maroh 25, 1839. 

ii Sybil W., b. Sept. 11, 1817, m. Robert L. Hall, d. June 11, 1854. 

iii 3/rtr!/, b. , ra. Samuel V. Abbot, d. Oct. 14, 1875. 

iv Eunice i., b. Sept. 15, 1821, m. Benjamin F. Virgin, d. Dec. 1, 1888. 

V Melinda W., b. June 23. 1824, ra. May 29, 1844, Charles Barker. She 

resides at Concord, N. H. 

Lanci. 
"William Lang came to this town from New Hampshire after 
1834. He was born in 1791. In 1850 he was a widower. He had 
four sons and four daughters, but the family record is not at hand 
and the names of all the daughters cannot be given. Comfort Dear- 
born, aged 81, was a member of his family in 1850. 

Children : 

i Beuben yt., b. . He disappeared suddenly from Boston and 

was not heard from afterward. 

ii John T., b. . He went to California. 

iii William P., b. 1820, m. Abigail D. Hall. 

iv Olicei- P., b. . m. Mary P.. widow of Bcnj. H. Blanchard, re- 
sides Monterey. Cal. 

V Melinda, b. 1832, m. 1st, Packard, 2(1, Dickersou. 

vi Mercy C, b. 1834, m. Luther HoUis, r. Brockton, Mass, 

One daughter married an Ayer of Mexico, and another, John Casey. 



HIS TOBY OF BUMFORD. 369 

William P. Lang, son of the preceding, married Abigail D. 
Hall. He died in 1864, while serving in the army, and his wife 
married Moses B. Knight of Greenwood. 

Children : 

i Ida H., b. March 27, 1855. ii Charles L., b. Sept. 12, 1856. iii Wm F., 
b. March 8, 1859. 

Leavitt. 

Franklin S. Leavitt married Mary J . 

Children : 
i Mary E., b. March 26, 1864. 

LUFKIN. 

Benjamin Lufkin, born in Ipswich, Mass., April 8, 1763, mar- 
ried Mehitable, daughter of Edward and Deborah (Stevens) Abbot 
of Concord, N. H. He came early to Rumford, moved to Roxbury, 
and died there in Nov., 1844. 

Children : 

i Joseph^ (Bev.) b. Aug. 19, 1786, m. Loruhaniah S. Kimball, 

ii Samuel, b. Aug. 15, 1788, m. Pamelia Segar; said to have been the 

first male child born in Rumford. 

iii Jacob, b. July 22, 1790, m. Eleanor Elliot. 

iv Joh7i, b. Dec. 16, 1792, m. 1819, Phebe Kimball, 

v Aaron, b. May 26, 1795, m. Lucy Brown. 

vi Esther, b. June 4, 1797, m. Barnard Carter Stevens of Grafton, N. H. 

vii Moses, (Bev.) b. Feb. 12, 1800, m. 1827, Hannah Virgin, 

viii Benjamin, Jr., (Bev.) b. April 12, 1802, m. Elizabeth Thornton, 

ix Mary, b. July 2, 1804, d. Oct. 10, 1812. 

X David, b. Feb. 17, 1807, d. January 16, 1832. 

xi Hannah, b. Nov. 19, 1809, m. Jesse Mansfield. 

Rev. Joseph Lufkin, (see sketch) eldest son of the preceding, 
married March 11, 1811, Loruhamah, daughter of Moses and Phebe 
Kimball of Rumford. He was a preacher and spent his last years 
on a farm near Rumford Center. 

Children : 

i Loruhamah K., b. Dec. 5, 1811, d. Sept. 29, 1813. 

ii (Joseph Marcus, d. July 15, 1816. 

Twins, -^ b. July 6, 1814. 
iii (. David M., m. 1841, Julia Latham, d. Jan. 18, 1863. 

iv Van BensaJaer, b. Jan. 14, 1816, d. March following. 

V Leroy Cole, b. March 16, 1817, m. 1847, Mary S. Glines, d. Oct., 1883. 
vi Phehe Maria, b. May 15, 1820, m. Wm. C. Hutchinson 1847. 

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370 HISTOHY OF ItUMFORD. 

vii Orrin Haskell, b. Apr. 6, 1823, m. Fidelia A. Godwin, d. Dec. 7, 18G2. 
viii Ransom, b. Nov. G, 1824, d. Au"^. 2, 1820. 
ix Merrit Newell, b. Feb. 15, 1828, m. Murcli 25, 18.56, Lucy A. Kimball. 
X Mary Atin, b. Feb. 21, 1831, m. 1st, 18G7, James Silver, 2d, 1877, 
Bartle Perry. ' 

Samuel Lufkin, brother of the preceding, married Pamelia, 
daughter of Nathaniel Segar of Bethel. He lived on the road be- 
tween Rumford Center and Ando'ver. He was the first white child 
born in Kumford. 

Children : 

i Alfred, b. Sept. 24, 1817, m. Dorcas Howe, 2d, Caroline Hill of 

Xorthwood, N. H. 
ii Mary i?., b. Aug. 8, 1820, ni. Eliphalet E. Lufkin. 
iii Riissell S., b. Aug. 3, 1821. 
iv Addiso7i, b. March 20, 1823, d. July 14, 1827. 

V Laivson, b. Julj'^ 20, 1824. 
vi EUsha, b. April 30, 1826. 

vii Samuel Addison, b. May 23, 1828, m. Euphrasia Bartlett of Hanover, 
viii Nathaniel, b. April 27, 1830. 
ix Horatio, b. Feb. 22. 1833. 

Jacob Lufkin, brother of the preceding, married Eleanor Elliot, 
who was born March 5, 1794. 

Children : 

i Eliphalet Emery, b. March 23, 1813, m. ^lary IJ. Lufkin. 
ii Phebe K., b. Jan. 7, 1815, d. July 21, 1817. 
iii William S., b. Jan. 1, 1817, d. May 21. 1827. 
iv Aaron Horace, b. Nov. 20, 1818. 

V Hezekiah Hutchins, b. Oct. 21, 1820, d. Sept. 7, 1828. 

vi Nathan S., b. Nov. 25, 1822, m. Elizabeth Howe, r. Caribou, 

vii Randall, b. Dec. 12, 1824. 

viii Frederick Elliot, b. Aug. 21, 1826. 

ix Hannah, b. Nov. 3, 1830, m. 1st, Gardiner Sheldon, 2d, Jackson. 

X Deborah, b. May 15, 1833. 

xi Dorcas, b. Apr. 21, 1835, d. Oct. 5, 1836. 

xii Samiiel Elliot, b. May 16, 1837, d. in the armj'. 

John Lufkin, brother of the preceding, married 1819, Phebe 
Kimball, who was born May 23, 1796. 

Children : 

i Marr.hant H, b. June 23, 1822, ni. IJussell. 

ii Charles M., b. June 15, 1824, m. Sopln-ouia Noyes. 
iii Frances, b. Feb. 19, 1829, d. Jan. 13, 1830. 
iv Sarah F.. b. Feb. 12, 1834, lu. Chas. M. Kimball of Mexico. 



IIISrOBY OF BUM FORD. 371 

Aaron Lufkin, brother of the preceding, married, Apr. 5, 1825, 
Lucy Brown. 
Children : 

i Aurilla, b. Jan., 1826. ii Daniel, b. June 9, 1828. iii Charles V., b. 
Feb. 4, 1831, d. Maj^ 27, following, iv Charles F.,b. Apr. 30, 1834. v 
Rebecca A. i»/., b. Jan. 20, 1836. vi Lucy Jane, b. Jan. 15, 1839. 

Moses Lufkin, brother of the preceding, married in 1833, Hannah 
Virgin, who was born in Sept., 1807. He died in Oct., 18G9. 

Children : 

i Mary C, b. May 15, 1834. 11 Eliza (?., b. Nov. 14, 1835. ill James C, 
b. Apr. 13, 1838, d. Oct. 24, 1839. iv Jason L., b. Jan. 25, 1839. v James 
(?., b. Nov. 15, 1841. 

Merrit N. Lufkin, sou of Joseph Lufkin, married Lucy A. 
Kimball. He is a farmer and resides near Rumford Center. 
Children : 

i Edgar Cameron, b. Feb. 21, 1857. 
ii Wallace IT., b. Sept. 11, 1859. 
iii Lizzie Conant, b. Nov. 19, 1863. d. March 7, 1865. 
iv Juliette IF., b. Feb. 19, 1866, d. Apr. 5, 18S7. 

V Lucy A., b. Feb. 1, 1869. 

vi George B., b. Sept. 13. 1874. 

Alfred Lufkin, son of Samuel Lufkin, married Dorcas Howe in 
1843. 
Children recorded on Rumford records : 

i Charles A. E., b. March 14, 1844. Ii Flora B. ./., b. Jan. 3, 1846. iii 
George E. A., b. Jan. 12, 1848. 

Emery E. Lufkin, son of Jacob Lufkin, married Mary R. Lufkin. 
Children : 

i Laura Ann, b. Feb. 23, 1843. ii Emery Erving, b. June 16, 1844. iii 
Heyiry Horace, b. Aug. 30, 1845. iv Mar^y Angelia, b. Apr. 9, 1847. v 
Elisha Bussell, b. Aug. 19, 1849. vi Adelaide Kimball, b. Dec. 25, 1850. 
vii Charles Victor, b. Feb. 5, 1853. 

Love JOT. 

Christopher C. Love jot married Betsey . 

Children on Rumford records : 
i Mary J., b. June 12, 1853. 
ii Lucien M., b. Oct. 23, 1854. 
iii Ora Ann, b. July 6, 1857. 

iv Georgianna, K . . t,^ c^n -.r,^-, 

V Anna, ' jtwms, b. May 26, 1861. 



372 . HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Henry A. Lovejoy married Ann K. Morton. 
Cnildren on Rum ford records : 

i Martha F., b. Nov. 24, 1858. ii Wirt F., b. Dec. 27, 1859. iii Pearl S., 
b. Oct. 6, 1863. 

Mansur. 
Elijah Mansur was a resident of Rumford. His wife was Sally 

Messer. 
Children : 

i Elijah, h. . ii Leonard, h. . iii Lucy,h. ,m. Stephen 

Abbot, iv Asa, b. . v Warreji, b. , m. Elvira Mason Barnes. 

vi Susaii, b. , m. Cyrus P. Newton, vii Salome, b. , m. Isaac 

Newcomb. viii Hannah, b. , ni. Samuel R. Chapman, ix Mary -/., 

b. , m. George Lyman. 

Warren Mansur married E^lvira M. Barnes. He was a shoe- 
maker and lived at Rumford Point. 

Children on town records and census return of 1850 : 
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Martin. 

Henry Martin of Concord, N. H., was one of the proprietors of 
Rumford, and several of his children came here. He married Esther 
Kimball. He died Dec. 12, 1821, aged H2 years. 

Children : 

1 i John, b. July 30, 1768, m. Hannah Wheeler, d. 1805. 
ii Esther, b. May 26, 1770. 

2 iii Daniel, b. July 16, 1772. m. Betsey George. 

3 iv Kimball, b. Dec. 7, 1774, ra. Rachel Godwin. 

V Solomon, b. Feb. 11, 1777. 

vi Hfnry, b. Aug. 7, 1779, ra. widow Polly Ferrin. 

vii Hannah, b. Sept. 6, 1781. 

viii Mary, b. Oct. 30, 1785. 

J John Martin married Hannah, daughter of Jeremiah "Wheeler 
of Concord. He died Nov. 21, 1805, and was the first one buried 
in the cemetery at Rumford Center. His widow m. John Kimball. 
Children : 

4 i Henry, b. Oct. 1, 1798. 5 ii Jeremiah, b. Aug. 29, 1800. iii Polly, b. 
Oct. 27, 1802. iv Judith, b. Dec. 26, 1804, d. Feb., 1806. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 373 

2 Daniel Martin, son of the preceding, married first, Betsey 
George, who died Nov. 6, 1806. He married a second wife. 
Children : 

i Esther^ b. January 27, 1799, m. Moses Davis. 

ii Dorothy, b. March 13, 1801, d. 1823. 

ill Hannah, b. June 2, 1802, m. Hazen F. Abbot, r. Rumford. 

iv Mehitable, b. Feb. 11, 1804, m. Harvey Willard. 

V Betsey, b. Oct. 30, 1805, d. 1806. 

6 vi Daniel Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1807, m. Isabel C. Brown, 
vii George, b. Aug. 29, 1809, d. March 23, 1810. 

viii Betsey, b. 1812, m. Phineas Stearns of Bethel. 
ix Polly, b. , m. Cyrus Small. 

7 X David George, b. , m. Sarah Martin. 

3 Kimball Martin, sou of Henry Martin, married Rachel, 
daughter of William Godwin. He came to town quite early and 
reared a large family. 

Children : 

Mary Godwin, b. Apr. 23, 1803, m. Luther Trumbull. 

John. b. Dec. 4, 1804, m. Arvilla Abbot. 

Solomon, b. May 19, 1806, ra. Sally Hall. He had children, Orin, 

William, Kimball and Solomon. He died quite early. 
Rebecca Godwin, b. July 28, 1808, m. Josiah Moody. 
Kimball, b. Oct. 27, 1811, ra. Lydia H. Abbot. 
William G., b. Oct. 16, 1813, m. Lovisa Knight. 
Sarah, b. June 11, 1816, m. D. George Martin. 
Hannah, b. Oct. 19, 1819, m. Elbridge Fifield, d. June 14, 1883. 
Orin, b. March 20, 1825, m. Ellen Blaisdell. 
Esther KimbaU, b. Nov. 13, 1829, m. Richard A. Frye, s. Bethel. 

He is the son of Hon. William Frye, is a lawyer and has been 

Judge of Probate. 

4 Henry Martin, born Nov. 9, 1798, married Sarah Flanders, 
who was born Apr. 17, 1800. She died Jan. 2, 1890. 

Children : 

i Mary J. F.,h. July 25, 1820. 
ii John H., b. June 30, 1822, d. Feb. 28, 1823. 
iii Hannah W., b. Feb. 28, 1824. 

12 iv John H., b. March 10, 1826, m. Miranda King. 

V Sarah A., b. Oct. 5, 1828, m. John E. Elliot. 

vi Lydia Ann, b. March 26, 1830, m. Virgil D. Kimball. 

13 vii Lyman R., b. Sept. 3, 1833, m. Carrie M. Knapp. 
viii Caroline L., b. June 18, 1836. d. Feb. 2, 1838. 

ix Jeremiah W., b. July 25, 1838, d. in Virginia. 
X Richard E., b. July 20, 1840, m. Victoria S. Farnum. 
xi Maria C. L., b. Dec. 2, 1845. 





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5 Jeremiah M auxin marriecl Nuucy Brown. He lived between 
the Point and Center by the back route, and had cue of the best 
nphmd farms in town, now cultivated by his grandsons. 

Children : 

i Susan, b. March 20, 1824, d. Sept. IR, 1825. 
ii Jeremiah Parker, h. April 2S. 1827, d. Dec. 17. 1833, 
14 ill Jonathan JumhalLh. January 6, 1829, ni. 1st, Frances E. Willard, 
and 2d, Josephine M. Stevens. 
iv Nancy, h. April 30. 1833. 

S Daniel Martin, born Sept. 6, 1807, married Nov. 28, 1831, 
Isabel C, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (O'Donahue) Brown of 
Brunswick, born Nov. 22, 1812. Her parents subsequently moved 
to Bethel. Mr. Martin lived and died at Rumford Corner. He 
died January 27, 1876. 

Children : 

i Betsey Almira, b, Oct. 26, 1832, d. Sept. 16, 1833. 
ii Betsey Georye, b. Feb. 23, 1834, d. Sept. 22, 1805. 
iii Dauj^hter, b. Dec. 22, 1835, d. Dec. 25 followiufi^. 
iv Mary Adelaide, b. May 19, 1837, m. Dec. 12, 1860, Peter Osgood 
Dresser. 

V Julia Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1839. 

vi Irvin Greenville, b. Nov. 22, 1842, d. Feb. 22, 18C3. 
vii James Merritt, b. Nov. 2, 1845, d. June 10, 1861. 
viii WinfieJd Scott, b. Feb. 26, 1847, r. California. 

7 David G. Martin married Sarali G. Martin. He long kept 
the hotel at Rumford Corner and died tliere. 

Children : 
i Jersyn G., b. March 10, 1859. 

8 John IMartin, married Arvilla, daughter of David Abbott. 
He is a farmer and still lives near the Point in the enjoyment of 
good health, considering his age. Ilis wife also, survives, and both 
are enjoying a pleasant old age. 

Children : 

i Henry, h. Apr. 17, 18.'{(i. ni. Harriet Hariinian. 
ii Franldin, b. Oct. 28, 1837, m. IZUzn Hall, 
iii Ahi(/ail,h. May 6, 1839, ni. l.«t, M. Marshall Abbot, 2d, \vmiam 

Phinney. 
iv Charles Kimball, b. Juno 7, 1S41, in. Mrs. Louisa (York) Barrows. 

V Mary Elizabeth, h. Apr. 28, 1843, in. .1. Warren Akeriuan. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 375 

vi John Wesley, b. March 1, 1846, ra. Martha Smith of Newry. 
vii Betsey C, b. January 4, 1849, d. Aug. 7, 1863. 
viii Bensalaer A., b. March 8, 1851, tu. Nellie Willis. 

10 Kimball Martin, Jr., married Lydia H. Abbot. He was a 
blacksmith by trade. 

Children : 

i Bachel Josephine, b. Aug. 15, 1837, m. Henry J. Barker of Miltou PI. 

11 Charles Vincent, b. Feb. 5, 1839, ra. Nancy W. Goddard of Bethel, 
ill Asa A., b. Dec. 3, 1842. 

11 William G. Martin married June 1, 1842, Lovisa, daughter 
of Daniel Knight of Rumford. 

Children : 

1 Madison W., b. May 7. 1843, d. June 7, 1848. 
ii Clinton W., b. Dec. 5, 1849, m. Hannah G. Blaisdell. 
ill Harriet A., b. Aug. 26, 1851, m. George W. Caldwell, and resides in 
South Boston. 

12 John H. Martin married Miranda King. 
Children on town records : 

i Augnstus B., b. Jan. 15, 1854. ii Charles H., b. Jan. 12, 1859. iii Fred 
jr., b. May 11, 1864. 

13 Lyman R. Martin married Carrie M. Knapp, who died 
March 23, 1865. 

Children ; 

i Florence J., b. July 29, 1861, d. Dec. 4, 1863. 
ii Carrie Florence, b. Jan. 20. 1865. 

14: Jonathan K. Martin married first, Frances E. Willard, 
and second, Josephine M. Stevens. He was a prominent man in 
town ; served much in town office ; also as representative and State 
Senator. He lived on the homestead of his father. 

Children on town records : 

i Susan E.. b. March 26, 1851. ii Jere II., b. March 18, 1854. iii Free- 
land B., b. July 1, 1857. iv Franklin II. , b. Sept. 19, 1861. 

Richard PL Martin, son of Henry Martin, married in 1863, 
Victoria S. Farnum. 

Children : 

i Jennie M., b. March 17, 1866. ii Josie, b. Apr. 4. 1868. iii Sarah B., 
b. May 3, 1871. iv Virgil K., b. Nov. 5, 1878. v Anna C. b. Aug. 12, 1879. 



376 . HISTOIiY OF liUMFORD. 

McAllister. 

James McAllistkr' was in Rumford quite early, and died here 
May 25, 1801. 

Children : 

i Eliphnz, b. July 13, 1793. 
ii Dolly, b. July (j, 1795, published to and probably married Artemas 

AValtou. 
iii John, b. Apr. 23, 1797. 
iv James, b. Aug. 30. 1799. 

McCrillis. 

James McCrillis married Sai-ah . They came to Rumford 

from New Hampshire. 
Children : 

i Mary Jane, b. Meredith, N. H., May 17, 1821. 
ii Javies, b. Center Uarbor, N. II., Feb. 17. 1823, d. June 6, 1826. 
iii Sarah, b. Apr. 17. 1825. 
iv James, Jr., b. March 31, 1827. 
V Lucien, b. May 27. 1829, d. January 6, 1836. 
vi George W., b. Ilolderness, X. II., June 22, 1831. 
vii Charles N., b. Apr. 18, 1833. 
viii Lydia A., b. Rumford, Jan. 22, 1835. 
ix Asenath M., b. Dec. 9, 1837, m. Nathan M. Cummings of Woodstock. 
X Phehe K., b. July 1, 1839. 
- xi Arvilla, b. July 31, 1841. 
xii Mercy A., b. Aug. 10, 1845, d. Aug. 3, 1846. 
xiii Lyman R., b. Sept. 10, 1847, d. Oct. 6, 1847. 

Mitchell. 

Angier J. Mitchell married first, Phebe . He lived in 

Rumford, Mexico, Peru and Woodstock. He served in the late 
war in the 5th Maine Vols. 
Children : 

i Arabella E., b. Mexico, Apr. 30, 1853. 

ii Josephine F.. b. Feb. 21, 1855. 

iii Freddie 0., b. July 21, 1857. d. Sept. 10, 18Gfi. 

iv Charles L., b. May 24, 1859, d. Oct. 2, 1861. 

V Amjier C, b. Apr. 14, 1861. 

Moody. 

William INIoody was born in Falmouth, Me., April 20, 1740. 
He married Rachel Hodgkins, who was born in Gloucester, Mass., 
in 1753. He moved to Danville, Me. 



HI8T0BY OF BUMFOBD. 377 

William Moody, Jr., son of the preceding, born in Falmouth 
Jan. 3, 1768, married Mary Dresser, who was born in Gloucester, 
Mass., Oct. 21, 1775. They lived in Danville. 

Children : 

1 Jane, b. Dec, 1794. 

il Andrew^ b. Nov. 2, 1796, m. Ruth Wheeler. 

iii William^ b. Jan. 1, 1799, m. 1824, Laura Abbot. 

iv Ashby, b. Jan. 26, 1801, m. Polly Laphara of Minot. 

V Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1803. 

vi Joseph, b. May 24, 1805. 

Tjf '^"^"^ \twins,b. Oct. 11, 1811. 
viu Converse, j ' 

William Moody, Jr., married Laura, daughter of David Abbot. 
He was a farmer and resided below the Corner on the Paris road. 
He was an industrious and prosperous man, and highly respected. 
He died several years ago. 

Children : 

i Jane T., b. Nov. 7, 1825, d. June, 1852. 
ii Mary D., b. Dec. 16, 1828, m. James Shapleigh. 
iii Eliza E., b. Aug. 22, 1840, m. Dexter Elliot. 

iv Samuel L., b. Nov. 23, 1848; he resides on the homestead with his 
mother, unmarried. 

Levi Moody married Esther, daughter of William Ackley. He 
lived at the Falls and for several years in Woodstock, but returned 
here. 

Children : 

i Clara E., b. Feb. 27, 1855. ii Mary L., b. Apr. 21, 1857. iii AUce W., 
b. Feb. 14, 1864. 

Nahum p. Moody married Melinda S. Elliot. He died in the 
army and his widow married William H. Caldwell. 

Children : 

i WiJidsor E., b. Oct. 27, 1850. ii Abby A., b. March 23, 1853. 

Moor. 

Abraham and Silence Moor of Bolton, Mass., had the following 
children, as appears by the records of that town. 

Children : 

i Jonadab, b. July 1, 1741. 
ii David, b. Nov. 19, 1742. 



378 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

iii Jonathan, b. March 7, 1743-4. 

iv Thomas, b. June 21, 174G. 

V Abraham, b. Murcli 6, 1747-8. 
vi Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1749. 

vii Rebecca, b. Sept. 3, 1751. 

viii Hannah, b. Jan. 1, 1754. 

5x William, b. Dec. 5, 1755. 

X Silence, b. June 19, 1758, m. Nov. 2. 1780, Silas Howe, s. Rumford, 
xi Aaron, b. Xov. 7, 1761, m. Jan. 1, 1784, Salome, daughter of Rev. 
Thomas Goss of Boltou, and settled in Kumford. 

Aaron Moor, son of the preceding, an early millman in Rum- 
ford, married Salome Goss of Bolton, Mass., who died May 7, 1804, 
aged 44 years. Mr. Moor came to Rumford from Bethel in 1788. 

Children : 

i Gratia, b. Bolton, Sept. 11, 1784, m. Cotton Elliot. 

ii Wade, b. Bethel, Sept. 7, 1787, m. 1816, Betsey Eaton. 

iii Geneva, b. Rumford, Jan. 24, 1790. 

iv Francis Keijes, b. Nov. 7, 1792. 

V Kingshurij, b. Sept. 21, 1795. ' 
vi Humphrey, b. Nov. 27. 1797, <l. Apr. 1, 1798. 

vii Salome, b. March 24, 1802. 
viii Catherine, b. May 2, 1804. 

Wade Moor, (usually spelled Waid) son of the preceding, 
married Betsey, daughter of Osgood Eaton. He was born in Bethel, 
is claimed by some to have been the first child born in that town. 
His mother was temporarily stopping there, her home being in Rum- 
ford. 

Children : 

i Lorenzo, b. Aug. 5, 1817, m. Clemantine Jacobs, who for second 

husband married Wm. O. Pearson of Woodstock. 
ii Humphrey, b. Nov. 5, 1819, d. Apr. 17, 1820. 
iii Humphreij, b. Aug. 16, 1821. 
iv Uriah Virgin, b. Sept. 13, 1824 d. May 14, 1839. 

V Salome Goss, b. Aug. 27, 1828. 
vi Caroline Bent, b. .lune 3, 1831. 

vii Martha, b. March 20, 1833, d. same day. 
viii Sarah Brickett, b. Aug. 3, 1834. 
ix Wm. Kingsbtiry, b. Jan. 1, 1838, m. 1868, Al)bie M. Iloward- 

MORSE. 

Benjamin Morse of Amesbury, Mass., married Rachel Webster, 
and moved to Concord, N. H. They had eight children. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 379- 

Benjamin Morse, Jr., son of the preceding, born in Amesbury, 
June 4, 1771, married Aug. 5, 1792, Dolly George, who was born 
in Concord, N. H., Feb. 8, 1774. He was a shoe-maker and also 
a wool-carder and cloth-dresser, and died at Rumford Center, May 
4, 1849 ; his widow died March 20, 1861. 

Children : 

i Sabrina. b. Nov. 14, 1793. m. Nathaniel Abbot. 
ii Dolly, b. Aug. 1, 179.5, m. Thomas Bradbury of No. 8. 
iii Saint Lttke, b. Dec. 11. 1797, m. Judith Wheeler, 
iv Clarissa^ b. Jan. 13, 1811, died at Eumford Center, Dec, 1889, un- 
married. 

William Morse, born in Salisbury, Mass., March 17, 1777, 
married Sally Wood, who was born in Pomfret, Vermont, Dec, 
1780. He was a blacksmith and died in Rumford, June 2, 1853, 
and his widow died Feb. 9, 1865. 

Wm. Munroe Morse, son of the preceding, a farmer, married 
Betsey Elliot, who was born May 21, 1824. He died Aug. 8, 1868. 

Children : 

i 3Ianj Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1844, d. March, 1847. 
ii James Smith, b. Feb. 28, 18.50, m. Lydia Augusta Colby, 
iii Charles 3Iunroe, b. Dec. 23, 1853. 
iv Zenas B., b. Oct. 5, 1857, d. Jan. 17, 1865. 
V Jennie F., b. June 27, 1861, d. March, 1865. 

James S. Morse, son of Wm. M. Morse preceding, married Lydia 
A. Colby. He is a farmer near Rumford Center, on the Richard 
Dolloff farm, and Town Clerk. 

Children : 

i Walter 6?., b. Jan. 31, 1876. ii Zenas W., b. Aug. 28, 1877. iii Timoth-it 
C, b. Nov. 1, 1878. 

Morey. 

AiNswORTH W. MoREY married Harriet O. Ackley. He left town 
several years ago. He was a soldier in the 23d Maine Vols, 

Children : 
i Manj E., b. Nov. 8, 1862. ii Edward S., b. Oct. 8, 1864. 

Page. 
Edmund Page came' here from Fryeburg and was one of the early 
settlers, as his name appears upon the early records. His wife 



380. HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

was Nancy , and he lived below the Colson Abbot place. 

Children : 

i Harriet^ b. Apr. 6, 1796. ii Jonathan, b. Feb. 19, 1798. Hi John, b. 
March 11, 1800. iv Siisannah, b. Sept. 2, 1802. v Jane, b. Dec. 5, 1804. 
vi Edmund Jr., b. Apr. 15, 1807. 

Partridge. 

Jeremiah J. Partridgk married Hannah . 

Children on Rumford records : 

i Warren G., b. May 27, 1852. ii Fanny F., b. Sept. 6, 1863. 

Parker. 

JosiAH Parker married Keziah B. Knight. 

Children : 

i Eliza jr., b. Apr. 13, 1831. 

ii Charles Z>., b. Aus:. 18, 1837, m. Martha M. Small, 
iii Irving B., b. January 17, 1840. 
iv Judith jr., b. Feb. 19, 1845. 

Charles D. Parker married Martha M. Small. 

Children : 

i Charles /., b. Apr. 3, 1862. 

Parlin. 

Simeon Parlin married Sophia . 

Children : 

i Joseph .S'., b. May 6, 1825. ii Josephine 31. L., b. .January 28. 1827. iii 
David A., b. Sept. 10, 1833. iv Edioin ]V., b. Nov. 26, 1835. v Mary Ann, 
b. June 27, 1838. 

Peabody. 

LoAMMi Baldwin Peabody was long a blacksmith at Rumford 
Corner. He married in 1832, Hannah, daughter of Francis Keyes. 
She died soon after the birth of her son. He married second, Sally 
B. Graham. 

Children : 

i Fratiklin Dexter, b. Oct. 14, 1833, m. Luiy Bryant of ^Voodstock, Me. 
By second marriage : 

ii Philena Courtney, b. June 16, 1837, m. Albert Leavitt. 
iii Charles II., h. Feb. 5, 1845, d. Oct., 1848. 
iv Georye II., h. Apr. 29, 1847, d. Auj?. 13. 18.59. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 381 

V Jeneatte J., b. Aug. 27, 1853, m. Daniel Adams Thurston, who is a 

blacksmith at the Corner. They have Lena Maud, b. May 23d, 1884. 

John Peabody married Ruth Harriman, whose mother was the 
second wife of Benjamin Swett. He lived on Howard's Gore and 
also in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Sarah Wilkins, b. Aug. 27, 1796. ii Addeline, b. Howard's Gore, Jan. 
27,1799. iii JentsAa, b. Howard's Gore, May 30, 1801. iv Nathaniel Chase ^ 
b. July 9, 1803. 

Perry. 

From Town Records. 

George W. Perry married Susan V. Abbot. 

Children : 

i George H., b. Apr. 5, 1852 ii Ella S., b. July 12, 1853. iii Fred G.^ 
b. Sept. 5, 1856. iv Alice J., b. Oct. 21, 1860. 

Barnabas C. Perry married Belinda . 

Children : 

i Charles S., b. Dec. 25, 1854. ii Joh7i C, b. Feb. 26, 1855. iii Albinus- 
P., b. July 19, 1857. 

Enoch Perry married Reliance . 

Children : 

i George Washington, b. Sept. 20, 1822, m. 1849, Susan V. Abbot, 
ii Sally D., b. Oct. 21, 1826. 
iii Sylvanus P.. b. March 21, 1829. 
iv Caroline C, b. Sept. 4, 1831. 

V Christopher C, b. Apr. 22, 1835. 

Pettingill. 

Oliver Pettingill, son of Elisha Pettingill of Fayette, whose 
wife was a Hubbard, born Oct. 15, 1814, married Huldah Baker, 
who was born in Livermore. Feb. 22, 1815. He moved to Rumford 
in 1866, and occupied the Colman Godwin farm on the north side 
of Androscoggin river until his death in 1880. His widow died in 
1886. 

Children ; 

i Waldo, b. Livermore Falls, Dec. 1, 1844, m. Sarah E. Briggs. 
ii Ellen, b. Oct. 15, 1849. 
iii Ida 0., b. Jan. 2, 1859, m. Isaac Harmon. 



S8'2 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Waldo Pettingill married Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Alan- 
son Briggs of Poland. He came to Rumfoid with his father in 1866, 
since which he has been prominent in public affairs. He has held 
various town offices and served as County Commissioner. 
Children : 

i Oliver Ahtnson, b. Sept. 18, 1873. ii Georgi' IfaMo, b. Sept. 1, 1876. 
iii Huldah Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1880. 

Joseph Piekce m. Sabrina . 

Children : 

1 Horace J?., b. May 11, 1836. ii Isahd, b. Dec. G 1838. iii Orphia ilf., 
b. Feb. 28, 1840. 

Phinney. 

William Phinney married Augusta Willard, and second, Mrs. 
Abbie (Martin) Abbot, widow of Hazen M. Abbot. He resides at 
Rumford Point. 
Children : 

i Eliza £"., b. Aug. 6, 1855, d. Dee. 1, 1864. 

ii Wiilio Z>., b. Sopt. 16, 1859. 

Porter. 

Fred A. Porter, son of William V. and Eliza M. G. (Taj'lor) 
Porter, born in Roxbury, Maine, Dec. 30, 1850, is a farmer and 
scaler of lumber, and resides in Rumford. AVm. V. Porter, black- 
smith, was the son of Francis Porter, who was born in Thompson, 
Conn., Sept. 21, 1780, came to Roxbury about 1803, married 
Nancy, daughter of Ebenezer Virgin of Concord, N. H., and 
Rumford, who was born Feb. 1, 1792, and who died March 15, 
1858. Fred A. Porter married Mary Ella, daughter of Nahum and 
Mary Green, Apr. 22, 1877. 
Children : 

i Fred Augustine, b. Aug. 21, 1879. ii Charles Nahum, b. Feb. 19, 1882. 

Prince. 
Thomas Prince was at one time a resident of this town, and the 
births of four of his children are on record here. He married Lucy, 
daughter of Asa Howard of Howard's Gore, and carried on the 
wool-carding and cloth-dressing business at the Falls. 

Children : 

i Elizuhpth Farrar, b. March 2, 1821. ii Charles, b. March 9, 1826. iii 
Josiah Farrar, h. Apr. 3, 1831. iv Lydia J., b. Sept. 17, 1834. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 383 

Puffer. 

John Puffer's name appears early on the town records. He 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Putnam. He died May 10, 
1813. 
Children : 

i .7o/i«, b. in Temple, N. H., January 25, 1794. 
ii Betsey^ b. Society, Feb. 3, 1796, m. Jacob Libby of Peru, 
iii Seth, b. Nov. 10, 1798. 
iv Milla. b. Apr. 14. 1801. 

V Prudence^ b. July 30, 1803, lu. Jacob Abbot. 

vi Lovina, b. Nov. IS, 180.5, m. John Gould of Dixfield, 1825. 

vii Daniel, b. Jan. 4, 1808. 

viii Jacob, b. Apr. 10. 1810. 

ix Zilpha, b. Sept. 16, 1812. 

Daniel Puffer married Chloe . 

Children on town records. 

i Chloe, b. March 1, 1809. ii Sallt/, b. May 14, 1810. iii Olive, b. Jan. 
3, 1812. 

Mathias Puffer married Ruth Putnam, June, 1810. 

Children : 
i Biith, b. Oct. 1, 1810, ra. Joseph Hinkson of No. 7. 

Putnam. 
Stephen Putnam was born in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 24, 1741. 
He was the son of Jacob and Susanna (Stiles) Putnam, whose 
second wife was Hannah Harriman. Mr. Putnam settled in Tem- 
ple, N. H., where he resided for several years, and then came to 
Rumford where his son, Stephen Putnam, had preceded him. His 
wife was Olive Varnum of Dracut, Mass. He died June 29, 1812. 

Children : 

1 i Stephen, b. Aug. 31, 1765, m. Sally Elliot in 1789. 
ii Olive, b. Oct. 2, 1706, m. Samuel Hinkson. 

2 iii Samuel, b. May 29, 1768, 1st, Lucy Styles, died Feb. 2, 1804, and 

2d, Betsey Cobb of Norway, who died Nov. 1, 1872. 
iv Esther, b. Apr. 23, 1770. 

V Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1772, m. Robert Hinkson. 

vi Elizabeth, b. July 11, 1774, m. John Puffer of Society. 

3 vii Israel, b. March 31, 1776, m. Ruth Walton. 
viii Abigail, b. March 6, 1778, m. Isaac Newton. 

ix Bachel, b. Feb. 28, 1780. 
X Jacob Harriman, b. Dec. 28, 1781. 
xi Buth, b. Sept. 28, 1783, m. Mathias Puffer. 



384 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

1 Stephen Putnam, Jr., was married to Sally Elliot Dec. 2, 
1789, by Rev. John Strickland of Turner, said to have been the 
first marriage in town. She was born in Newton, N. H., March 1, 
1773. He was the first blacksmith in New Pennacook, and she 
wove the first web of cloth in the Plantation. He died July 4, 1853, 
and she died Sept. 20, 1859. 

Children : 

4 i Stephen 3d. b. Sept. 7, 1790. m. Lucy Cobb of Norway. 

ii Salhj, b. June 21, 1792, m. 1816, Edward Parker of Hartford, 
2d, Nathaniel Atkius. 

5 iii Jacob, b. June 6, 1794, m. Betsey Parker of Xo. Yarmouth, 
iv Pamelia, b. Apr. 18, 1796, m. Churchill Cobb of Norway. 

6 v JVehemiah. b. Feb. 28, 1798, ni. Hanuah Whitteu. 
vi Ahiah, b. Feb. 14, 1800, m. Reuben Lovejoy. 

7 vii Benjamin £"., b. May 1.3, 1802, m. Deborah Durgin. 
viii Peter, b. Apr. 18, 1804, died young. 

ix Harriman, b. March 10, 1806. 

X Abigail Webster, b. Apr. 21, 1808, m. Thomas O. Bryant. 

xi Daniel Fillmore, b. Dec. 10, 1812, m. Lorinda Walker, 

xli Betsey Abbot, b. July 24, 1815, m. Elbridge G. Welch of Brunswick 

2 Samuel Putnam, son of Stephen Putnam, senior, married 
first, Lucy Styles, who died 1804, and second, Sept. 16, 1806, Bet- 
sey or Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer Cobb of Norway. 

Children : 
By first wife : 

i Lucy, b. Sept.. 1793. 

8 ii Samuel Jr., b. Jan. 7, 1795, m. 1st, Susan P. Adams; 2d, Sylvia 

Bisbee. 

9 iii Jesse, b. July 11, 1797, m. Polly Keyes. 
iv Fanny, b. May 15, 1799, d. young. 

v Jeremiah, b. Jan. 14, 1801. He was insane, d. Apr. 26, 1872. 

By second wife : 

vi Hiram, b. July 1, 1807, m. 1830, Clarissa W. Farnuni. 

vii Lois, b. Oct. 21, 1808, d. July 7, 1857, m. Nathauiel Woods, 
viii Ira, b. March 7, 1810, d. Oct. 15. 1843. 

ix Cyrils, b. Aug. 16, 1812, unmarried. 

X Fanny, b. March 7, 1814, m. James R. Kennison. 

xi Betsey, b. July 21, 1816, m. Osgood Eaton. 
xii Lydia, b. July 3, 1818, m. William Stevens. 
xiii Ivy Atwood, b. Oct. 12, 1820, r. Colegrove, Penna. 
xiv Martha, b. Nov. 8, 1822, m. John Lang. 

XV Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1824, m. 1st, Nathaniel Woods, 2d, Isaac Gould 
Spoftbrd. 



HI^TOBY OF RUMFOBD. 385 

3 Israel Putnam married Ruth Walton. 

Children : 

i Ciirena. b. March G, 1812. ii Israel, b. Jan. 28, 1813. iii Louisa, b. 
Apr. 2, 1814. iv Horatio Gates, b. January 18. 1816. v Mary V., b. Dec. 
29, 1818. vi Dorothy a., b. March 27, 1820. vn Artemas Walton, b. July 
17, 1822. viil Simeon W., b. Sept. 16. 1825. ix Cyrus, b. June 20, 1828. 
X Seth H., b. Apr. 20, 1831. 

4 Stephen Putnam, son of Stephen Putnam, Jr., married Lucy 
Cobb of Norway. She was daughter of Ebenezer Cobb. 

Children on Rumford records : 

i Susan Cobb, b. Jan. 16, 1819. ii Peter, b. July 20, 1820. iii Eunice 
Waite, b. Oct. 19, 1821. 

5 Jacob Putnam, born in Rumford, June 6, 1794, married 
Betsey Parker, who was born in North Yarmouth, March 4, 1794. 
She died Feb. 9, 1865, and he died March 10, 1884. 

Children : 

i Betsey F.. b. Dee. 14, 1819, m. March 30, 1848, Hiram Kni2;ht. 
ii Sarah E., b. May 8, 1823, m. 1st, David C. Elliot, 2d, John Stilphen. 
iii Dana Boardman, b. Sept. 19, 1825, m. Huldah J. Manley, d. Feb. 11, 

ISSl. 
iv Drusilla F., b. Feb. 22, 1829, ni. 1st, Dexter D. W. Abbot, 2d, Aug. 
18, 1888, Jefferson Jackson. 

10 V WiUiam F., b. June 13, 1832, m. Jan. 1, 1856, Sophia Abbot. 

11 vi Francis P., b. Feb. 10, 1836, ra. 1st, Nov. 27, 1862, EUza Felt, 2d, 

Nov. 19, 18G6, Eunice Town. 

6 Nehemiah Putnam and Hannah Whitten of Concord, N. H. 

Children : 
i Alma Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1827. ii Mary Foster, b. Sept. 4, 1830. 

7 Benj. E;. Putnam married Del^orah Durgin, who was born in 
Bowdoin, Me., July 22, 1806. 

Children : 

i Mahala Martin, b. May 2, 1829, m. Butmau Batchelder. 

ii James 0., b. Dec. 21, 1830, d. Sept. 28, 1832. 

iii James F., b. Sept. 28, 1833, m. Dec. 31, 1860, Zilpha A. Brockelbank. 
12 iv Benjamin P., b. March 13, 1827, m. Oct. 26, 1862, Augusta Bisbee. 
They have James Leslie, b. March 16, 1868. 

V Basan 31. L., b. Aug. 19, 1841, d. April 16, 1850. 

8 Samuel Putnam, Jr., was a blacksmith. He lived in Rum- 
ford, Mexico and in Greenwood. He died in the latter town in 

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386 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

1854. He married first, Susan Poor, daughter of Nathan Adams, 
and second, Sylvia, widow of Daniel Bisbee, whose maiden name 
was Stevens of Sumner. 

Children : 

i Eliza Ann B., b. Dec. 10, 181S, m. Austin Fhigg of Holden, Mass., 

d. Worcester. Sept. 9, 1875. 
ii Charlotte Adams, b. March 12, 1822, ni. Wni. Dodd of Paxtou, 

Mass.. d. Oct. 4, 1864. 
iii Charles A. T'., b. May 28, 1824. lie learned the printer's trade, and 
in connection with Ossian E. Dodge published a literary paper in 
Boston called the Boston Museum. He went west and resides in 
Virginia City, Nevada. He married Ella Harrington of Shrews- 
bury. Mass., and had Charles Harrington Putnam, r. New York, 
iv Susan Markt., b. Sept. 16. 1827, m. Frank Pike of Paxton, Mass., d. 

Feb. 16, 1853. 
V Mahalon Chaplin, b. Julj^ 26, 1829, ni. and lives in Kansas, 
vi Laura Amanda, b. March 13, 1832, d. March 25. following, 
vii Harrison Wiitman. b. May 30, 1833, d. Dec. 18, following. 
By second wife : 
viii Samuel Harrison, b. Oct. 14, 1836, d. Dec. 17, following. 
ix Augustus, b. 1840. 

Jesse Putnam married Polly, daughter of Francis Keyes. 
He lived on a farm below Rumford Center, afterwards occupied by 
his sou, Preutiss M. Putnam. 

Children. 

13 i Prentiss Jlellen, b. Nov. 21. 1821, ni, Esther Howe of Hanover. 

ii Sarah Virgin, b. Oct. 3, 1827, m. IJobert Taylor, r. Nevada. 

iii Edioin Alonzo, b. Nov. 21, 1829, m. Mary Ross, died Sept., 1865. 

iv Solon Thaxter, b. Nov. 10, 1834, ni. Caroline Evans, r. State of Wash- 
ington. 

10 William F. Putnam married Sophia C. Abbot. 

Children : 

i Cora E., b. Oct. 27, 1857. ii Etta L., b. Oct. 21, 1859. iii Willie E., 
b. July 14, 1862. 

11 Francis P. Putnam married Eliza J. Felt, and second, 
Mrs. Eunice E. Town of Norway, in 1866. 

Children : 

i Albert D., b. Aug. 9, 1864. m. 1888, Amy Reed. 
ii Alice May, b. Apr. 7, 1868. 

iii Anna Noyes, b. Dec. 4, 1869, m. 1888, Edward Record, 
iv Susan Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1873. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 387 

V Luna Izoi'a, b. Apr. 25, 1875. 

vi Edioin Francis, b. July 5, 1879, d. Feb. 20, 1885. 
vii Arthur Guy, b. May 6, 1883. 

12 Benjamin P. Putnam married Mary A. Bisbee. 

Children : 
i Ja7nes Z>., b. March 16, 1868. 

13 Prentiss Mellen Putnam, son of Jesse Putnam, married 
Esther C, daughter of Joel Howe. He was iu trade in Hanover 
and Bryant's Pond. He then moved to the farmstead of his father 
and died there. He served as selectman a number of years. 
Children : 

1 Sarah MarreUa, b. Oct., 1851, m. Kufus J. Virgin, r. Bethel, 
ii Ada J., b. Oct., 1854 d. Feb., 1857. 
iii Solon A., b. Aug. 10, 1860; he is an Attorney in Boston. 

Hiram Putnam, son of Samuel and Betsey (Cobb) Putnam, 
married Clarissa W. Farnum, who was born in Rumford, Apr. 29, 
1807. He moved from Rumford to Mason, and died in Waterford, 
March 11, 1887. His widow resides in Mason. His children born 
in Rumford were : 

i Sarah W.. b. Sept. 17. 1881, m. Nathaniel H. Piper. 

ii John Farnum, b. June 11, 1833. m. first, Calista D. Green, and second, 
Mj'ra A. Bickford. 

iii WiUiam P., b. May 14, 1835, m. C. Ann Oliver. 

iv Charles H., b. Dec. 16, 1S40. died in rebel prison in 1863. 

v Francis N., b. 1843, m. Abbie Bean, d. in the army. 

vi Ira M.. b. , m. Abbie Baird. 

John Farnum Putnam, son of Henry and Clarissa W. (Farnum) 
Putnam, married first, Sept. 2, 1858, Calista D. Green of Shelburn, 
N. H., and second, Nov. 1, 1866, Myra A., daughter of Theodore 
and Julia Bickford of Ellsworth. He served on the quota of Lew- 
iston nearly three years in the 17th Me. Regiment. He now resides 
in Lewiston and is Clerk of that city. 

Children : 

i Alcander B.,h. Sept. 2, 1860, d. July 24, 1880. 

ii Edwin E., b. July 3, 1862, d. Dec. 16, 1868. 
By second wife : 

iii John F., b. Sept. 30, 1867. 

iv Wm. H., b. Dec. 29, 1868. 

V Edwin E., b. Sept. 10, 1870. 



388 . HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 

vi Mamie A., b. June 24, 1872, d. July I'J, 1874. 

vii Clinton A., b. Feb. G, 1874. 

viii Harold E., b. Nov. 1. 1876. 

ix Vivian B., b. Nov. G, 1880. 

Rawson. 

Lyman Rawson, Attorney at Law, son of Capt. Abuer Rawsou 
of Paris, married Ma}' '22, 18;52, Jerusha, daughter of Capt. James 
Holmes of Oxford, who was born January 22, 1804. Previous to 
that, he had openedjan ofRee at the Point, where he afterward re- 
sided. (See Lawyers.) 

Children : 

i Ellen, b. Aug. 27, 1834, d. Veh. 20, 1855. 

11 Louisa, b. Feb. 27, 183G, ni. John R. Wood, r. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
ill Ralph Lyman, b. June 12, 1838, d. Jan. 20, 1877. 
iv Mary Holmes, b. March 31, 1840, d. Feb. 23, 1870. 
V Florence, b. Sept. 30, 1843, m. 1870, Capt. H. S. Hayes of New York, 
vl Edivard Stuart, b. March 9, 1848. He graduated from Colby Unlver- 
slt}' with the class of 18G9, pursued a course of legal studies at 
Columbia College, and settled in the practice of law in the city of 
Brooklyn, X. Y., where he now resides. 

Ray. 

Elijah Ray, born in "Westminister, Mass., Dec. 7, 1784, married 
Elizabeth Morse, who was born in Northboro, Mass., June 28, 1787, 
and who died in Ruraford Oct. 24, 1850. He died in Sebec, Me., 
Oct. 29, 1872. 

Children : 

1 Walter R., b. Northboro, June 13, 1810, m. Cordelia Paul. 

11 Edxoin C, b. Feb. 21, 1812, m. Harriet Prentiss. 

iii Elijah Roswell, b. Sept, 30, 1813, d. in California, Apr. 20, 1880, un- 
married, 

iv Jesse M., b. Aug. 25, 1S15, ni. T.aurana Clark. 

v William H., b. July 23, 1817, in. Sarah C. Kendall. 

vi George A., b. Dec. 8, 1818, m. Lucy C. Whittemore. 

vii Mary E., b. March 11, 1822, ni. Isaac C. Whittemore. 

viii Caroline A., b. March G, 1824, m. Stephen Scruton. 

ix Sarah M., b. Ruuiford, Dec. 5, 182G, ni. Calvin Jioynton, d. in Cal. 

X Joseph, b. , d. young. 

xi Heman A., b. Oct. lU, 1830. 

xii Alonzo B., b. Feb. 20, 183G. 

George A. Ray, son of the preceding, married Lucy C, daughter 




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HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 389 

of Isaac Whittemore, who was born in Hebron. They were married 
Sept. 21, 1843, by Rev. Benjamin Donham^of Bethel. 

Children : 

i Edwin F., b. Sept. 16, 1845, m. Leonora Bodwell. 
ii Harriet C, b. Apr. 2.5, 1850, m. Rev. Albert Donnell. 
ill Alice A7i7i^ b. May 15, 1854, m. Frederick A. Cushman, both dead. 
iv Mai-y 31., b. Dec. 12, 1856. 

Raymond. 
Solomon Raymond married Mary L . 

Children on town records : 
i Aroline M.^ b. Aug. 17, 1853. ii Sam. H. W., b. June 24, 1857. 

Richardson. 

Jeremiah Richardson, son of Jeremiah and Dorcas (Hall) 
Richardson of Newton, Mass., was born Jnly 10, 1764. He was of 
Gilmanton, N. H., in 1796, and that year bonght land in New 
Pennacook, and soon after moved here. His first wife was Hannah, 
daughter of Peter Connor. His second wife was Betsey . 

Children : 

i Molhj, b. Jan. 7, 1785. 

ii John, b. Oct. 29, 1786, m. Mehitable Eastman. 

iii Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1789. 

iv William, b. June 25, 1791. 

V Daniel, b. Eumford, May 13, 1797. 

vi Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1798. 

vii Rhocla, b. June 29, 1800. 

viii Lydia. b. Aug. 6, 1802. 

ix Jeremiah, b. Sept. 16, 1804, d. May 27, 1888, m. Harriet Virgin. 

X Eliza, b. July 3, 1806. 

xi Joseph, b. Apr. 20, 1808. 

xii Katherine. b. Jan. 15, 1811. 

John Richardson, oldest son of the preceding, married in 1811, 
Mehitable Eastman of Rum ford. 

Children. 

i 3Iary R., b. Dec. 3. 1812. ii Harriet, b. March 27, 1816. iii Samuel, 
b. March 1. 1818. iv Benj. ElHot, b. Feb. 16, 1821. v Ahial Graham, b. 
June 3, 1822. vi Mehitable Eastman, b. January S, 1828, d. March 7, 1839. 

Jeremiah Richardson, Jr., married Harriet Virgin, in 1830; 
she died Oct. 16, 1.S74, and he died May 27, 1888. He was a noted 



390 HISTORY OF RUMFOED. 

bear-hunter and had many adventures with bears and other wild 
animals in northern woods. JVIany stories are told of his daring and 
prowess in capturing bears. 

Children : 

i Amanda J.,h. Dec. 22, 1830, ni. Joseph Go well, 
ii Mahala C, b. Aug. 1, 18;}2, \\\. William ^Murray, 
iii Elias B., b. May 16, 1834, ui. Mary Virgin. 
iv German G., b. July 9, 18;5fi. ui. P'lorence Marble, Physician at Dix- 

field. 
V Sarah S., b. Aug. 29, 1838, d. March 20, 1880. 
vi Rosina TF., b. Aug. 14, 1842, ni. Frank I'hilbrick. 
vii Britania J?., b. Dec. 20, 1844, ni. ("hailes Knowles. 
viii Winfield S., b. Apr. 30, 1847, m. May 30, 1S81, Emma L. Edmunds 
of Mexico, 
ix Ann A., b. Nov. 20, 1848, d. Feb. 26, 1874. 

Abial G. Richardson married Mary W. . 

Children : 
i Carona H.,h. May 20, 18.56. 

Charles F. Kichardson married Olivia E. Bodwell. 

Children : 

i Edward £"., b. Marcli 12, 1871. ii Albert A., b. Aug. 20. 1879. 

^ Asa Richardson, son of Edward and Charlotte (P^llis) Richard- 
son, married Sarah E., daughter of Enos Abbot. He died May 8, 
1876. His parents were of Sutton, Mass., and died in Milan, N. 
H. He was born in Bethel, Me., May 1, 1817. He served in the 
7th Me. Battery. 

Children : 

i Mary A. G., b. March 5, 1847, m. A. P. Russell, 
ii George W., b. Apr. 28, 18.50, m. Jennie Firman, 
iii Enos A., b. April 5, 1853. 

Ripley. 

Joshua Ripley was an early settler on Ellis river. He married 
Bartlett. 



Children : 

i Lydia, b. . ii Elsie, b. . iii Persis. b. . iv Joseph, 

b. Apr. 14, 1793. m. Betsoy Barker, v SaUy, b. . vi Xancy, b. , 

m. 1st, Benj. Blake, 2d, Micaiah Blake, vii John, b. . 



HISTOliY OF EUMFOBD. 391 

Joseph Ripley, son of Joshua Ripley, born in Rumford Apr. 14, 
1793, married Betsey Barker, who was born Aug. 3, 1796, and died 
in Bethel, Nov. 6, 1863. He died July 19, 1859. 

Children : 

i Hosea, b. Au^. 20, 1821, ni. Julia Stur^is. He was a well known 

singing master and band leader ; d. 1887. 
ii Lawson, b. Jan. 25, 1823, d. Oct. 12, 1828. 
ill John Bartlett, b. Dec. 30, 1821, d. Oct. 6, 1828. 
iv Arvilla, b. Dec. 3, 1826. m. Albion Perry Blake of Bethel. 
V 3Iarcia /S'., b. March 18. 1829, m. Aaron J. Abbot, 1847. 
vi John Bartlett, b. May 3, 1831. m. Dec. 11, 1856, Mary J. Went- 

worth of Vassalboro. He is a farmer in Pittston, Me. 
vii Betsey 31., b. Apr. 23. 1833, m. Edwin E. Abbot 1853. 
viii Joseph Lyman, b. Aug. 9, 1835, m. Lucinda Holt 1861. 
ix Nancy Dianna, b. Dec. 8, 1838. d. Oct. 27, 1844. 

Roberts. 

Dr. Thomas Roberts married Harriet M. Williins of Norway. 
He died June 8, 1876, aged 70 years. The entire family died within 
the space of a few years. 

Children : 

i Ann Sophia, b. Aug. 9, 1836, m. Mellen E. Bolster, died, 
ii Lawson Granville, b. Oct. 5, 1838, d. young, 
iii Sidney Irving, b. Oct. 18, 1841, d. unmarried, 
iv Euthalius Channing, ) d. young. 

[twins, b. Nov. 13. 1843. 
V Euthalia Wilkins, j m. Elisha F. Goddard. 

Joseph H. Roberts was born in Rome, Me., in 1822, and mar- 
ried March 7, 1847, Harriet M. Delano, who was born Dec. 10, 
1820. He died in Rumford Dec. 20, 1886. 

Children : 

i George W., b. Oct. 4, 1848, m. Lucena Edmunds, 
ii Dudley F., b. Aug. 17, 1850, m. Elizabeth H. Trask. 
iii John P., b. May 24, 1852, ra. March 7. 1880, Edith E. Marden, who 
was born in Weld. They have: Bertha A., (adopted) b. New 
Hampshire, June 26, 1884. 
iv Loren H., b. June 16, 18.55, m. Adell Farnum Nov. 9, 1881. 

Rolfe. 

Benjamin Rolfe of Concord, N. H., son of Nathaniel and Han- 
nah (Rolfe) Rolfe, and grandson of Henry, one of the grantees of 
Concord, whose wife was Judith Dole, married Molly Sweat and 



3<)2 HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

was earl}' in Rumford. His wife was a daugliter of IJeujamin 
Sweat, Senior. 

Children : 

i Jith)), b. M;in'li 7, 1785, in. IJctsoy Abbot. 

ii Jmlith. b. Marob 17, 1787, m. Jeremiab Hall, s. l?uinford. 

iii Nathaniel, b. March 27, 1789, ui. Polly Clines. s. Kuinford. 

iv Isaac, b. ^4ug. 30, 1791, ni. Mary Chase. 

V Samuel Joties, b. Sept. 1, 1793, in. Eliza Hathaway. 

vi Benjamin, b. Feb. 10, 179(), ui. Mary N. Flanders. 

Henry Rolfe, brother of tlie preceding, son of Nathaniel and 
Hannah Rolfe, born in Haverhill, Mass., married Dorothy P^lliot of 
Boscawin, N. 11., who was the widow of Samuel Heath. He came 
to Rumford with the early settlers, and died here Dec. 19, 1823. 
His widow died Apr. 11, 18.37. 

Children : 

i Henry Courrier, b. Apr. 7, 1799 m. March 23. 1825, Dorcas Wheeler. 

ii Nancy, h. . She was lonoj a school teacher. 

iii John Elliot, b. July 23, 180.5. 

John Rolfe, eldest son of Benjamin Rolfe, married Betsej^ Abbott. 
He settled on a wild lot on the west side of Ellis river, three miles 
above the Point. He died Apr. 23, 1854, and his wife died Feb. 
23, 1860. 

Children : 

i Enoch C, b. Apr. l(i. 1812, (M. D.) m. Emeline Small. 
ii Betsey Carlton, b. Aug. 22, 1S13, ni. 1844, ('apt. Peter Trask. 
iii John Abbot, b. Jan. 28, 1815, d. March 17, following, 
iv Ruth Lovejoy, b. March 6, 1816, m. Josiah Rogers. 
v Samuel Preston, b. July 21, 1817, d. Aug. 10, 1S17. 
vi Benj. Moody, b. July 2, 1818, ni. Hannah F\. Searle d. Oct. 20, 1882. 
vii John Millett, b. July 25, 1820, d. Sept. 8, 1823. 
viii Henry Laurens, b. Oet. 23, 1822, d. Nov. 17, 1878. 
ix John Abbot, b. June 8, 1821, m. Mary M. Thompson. 
X Laura Hammond b. Apr. IS, 1826, d. Sept. 16, 1826. 
xi Hannah Abbot b. Apr. 4. 1828, d. May 19, 1859. 
xii Claris.m DeWit b. Oct. 26, 1829. 

xiii Oscar Dunreath, b. Feb. 5. 1833, m. Elizabeth S. ( lutis Nov. 4, 1867. 
She died March 8, 1875, and he married May 19, 1880, Mrs. Julia 
Ii., widow of ("has. IJ. Abbot, daughter of lieuben Foster, Esq., 
of Hanover. 

Natiianiki- Roi.kk, son of Benjamin Rolfe, married Polly (llines, 
who was l)orn in Loudon, N. H., .July 7, 17'J3. 





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HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 393. 

Childi-en : 

i Mary Atwood, b. Dec. 14, 1809. ii Judith^ b. Feb 4, 1812. iii Jeremiah 
G., b. Oct. 4, 1814. iv Paulina, b. June 4, 1818, d. Feb. 26, 1835. v Miriam 
Lovejoy, b. Apr. 24, 1821. vi Charles Hiram, b. March 16, 1827. 

Henky C. Rolfe, son of Henry Rolfe, married Dorcas, daughter 
of Abel Wheeler. He lived many years at P^ast Rumford and was 
a good citizen. P"or a time he was in trade at Bryant's Pond. He 
now (1890) lives with his daughter in Milton Plantatioii and is ia 
his ninety-first year. 
Children : 

1 Ltisina, h. March 16, .1826, m. 1st, Jarius S. Bryant, 2d, Wm. H. 
Hemmingway. 

11 Charles Henry, b. Dec. 25, 1829, m. Caroline Virgin, d. in California^ 

iii Arvilla Wheeler, b. July 9, 1840. 

John E. Rolfe married Joanna S. Douglass. 

Children : 

i Henrietta Dorothy, b. Feb. 24, 1840. ii Henry Andrew Jackson, b. May 
24, 1842. 

RUNDLETT. 

Jonathan P. Rundlett married Esther . 

Children on town records : 

i Jen/s/iaJl/.-b. March 25, 1821. ii Simon 8., b. Oct. 1,1824. iii Elbridge 
C, b. May 5, 1827. iv Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1829. v Jeremiah B.. b. Feb. 
24, 1834. vi Mary Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1836. vii Gardner Fairfield, b. March- 
12, 1840. 

George W. Rundlett married Hannah . 

Children on town records : 

i Georgianna. b. Quincy, Mass., Dec. 25, 1846. ii Leivis C, b. July 16, 
1848. iii Mary F., b. Sept. 10, 1850. iv Ann M. b. Aug. 6, 1852. v Hen- 
rietta, b. June 10, 1854. vi Ida Ann, b. Euiuford. March 31, 1858. vii 
Frank, b. June 8, 1859. 

Segar. 

JosiAH Segar, a brother of Nathaniel Segar of Bethel, born 
October 11, 1745, son of Josiah and Thankful (Allen) Segar of 
Newton, Mass., came to Bethel or Sudbury Canada, as it was then 
called, with the early settlers. He was married in Fryeburg in 
1788, to Jane Meserve. He was a resident of New Penuacook ia 



394. HTSTOEY OF RUMFORD. 

1792. The Rumford records do not show that he had children, and 
he may have left town quite early. 

John E. Segar, sou of Nathaniel Segar, born 1803, married 
Lydia Farnum, who was born Dec. 23, 1803, and who died Nov. 5, 
1864. He died Oct. 30, 1882. 

Children : 

1 Ambrose Gushing^ h. Sept. 30, 1S33, ni. Amanda A. Russell. 
ii Jonathan Millett^ b. March 11, 1836. 

iii Jarvis 31., b. Au^. 20, 1841; he was a soldier in the late war; r. 
Lowell, Mass. 

Ambrose C. Segar was married to Amanda A., daughter of 
Theodore and Lucy G. Russell, March 18, 1858, by Rev. Patrick 
Hoyt. 
Children : 

1 Lydia A., b. Nov. 26, 1859, m. Sept. 2, 1882, Llewellj^n D. Elliot. 

Short. 

Seba D. Short married in 183.5, Abbie A. Trumbull. 

Children on town record : 
i Jawe, b. Feb. 12, 183G. ii yl/>ftje ^., b. Sept. 7, 1841. 

Silver. 

Nathan Silver is the ancestor of the Silvers of this town. He 
married Sally Woodbury of Dunbartown, N. H. He died May 29, 
1811 , aged 42 years, and his widow in 1815, married Robert Hiukson. 

Children : 

i Nathan, b. June 18. 1792, ra. 1815, Sally Swain. 

ii Polly, b. Apr. 8, 1794,' m. 1818, David Elliot, 

iii Ilczadiah, b. March 31, 1798, m. 1824, Lucy Virgin, 

iv Betsey, b. Apr. 21, 1800. 

V Melinda, b. Apr. 15, 1802. ni. 1831, Otis Baker of Mexico, 

vi Sally, b. Sept. 9, 1804. 

vii Daniel, b. Augf. 22, 1806, m. 183-, Sarah Banon of No. 8. 

viii James, b. July 12, 1808, m. 1831, Sarah P. Elliot. 

ix Lovina, b. Dec. 29, 1810. 

Nathan Silver, Jr., married Sally P. Swain. 

Children : 

i Mary. b. May 5, 1817. ii Sarah, h. July 2 J, 1819. iii Solomon, b. May 
6, 1826. iv Charles 11'., h. Apr. 21, 1835. v Martha J., b. July 26, 1833. 



HISTOBY OF RUMFORD. 395 

Hazediah W. Silver married Lucy Virgin, who was born in 
Concord, N. H., in 1806, and died at East Rumford, Aug. 13, 1883. 
He was living in Rumford in 1889. 

Children : 

i Charles H.^ b. Apr. 1, 1825, m. Harriet Buswell. 

ii Lucetta G., b. March 4, 1827, d. 1829. 

iii Jeneatte JB., b. March 11, 1829, d. youug. 

iv Orin B., b. Nov. 18. 1832, m. Matilda Filhnore. 

V Mary Ann V., b. Feb. 4, 1834, m. Charles Wilkins. 

vi Hannah F., b. Nov. 1, 18.38, d. Oct., 1862. 

vii Jonathan^ b. June 12, 1841, m. Abby Barker, 

viii George T., b. Dec. 1, 1843, m. Antoinette Howe. 

James Silver married Sarah P., daughter of Cotton Elliot. He 
was a farmer in Rumford, but at one time kept tavern at Bryant's 
Pond. He returned and died in this town. For second wife in 
1867, he married Mary A. Lufkin. 

Children : 

i Delia C, b. Jan. 11, 1833, m. Eufus B. Howe, 

ii George S.y b. Jan. 20, 183.5, m. Nancy S. Hutchins, d. 1883. 

iii Addie E., b. March 15, 1838. 

iv Frances M., b. July 4, 1840, m. Joel H. Hutchins. 

v Annette (?., b. Jan. 31, 1842. 

vi Clara M., b. Aug. 28, 1845. 

vii Emma *S'., b. Dec. 5, 1850. 

Solomon Silver, son of Nathan Silver, married Mary . 

He moved to Aroostook County. 

Children : 

i Emma A., b. May 14, 1854. ii Charles W., b. March 6, 1857. iii 
Lafayette W., b. Nov. 10, 1858. iv Edward 8.,h. July 23, 1860. v Mary 
S., b. Oct. 1, 1862. vi Annie IF., b. Dec. 28, 1864. 

Jonathan Silver, son of Hazediah Silver, married Abby Barker 
of Hanover. 

Children : 

i Etta, b. June 13, 1869. ii Ferley, b. Oct. 27, 1872. iii Minnie, b. Sept. 
5, 1876. 

George Turner Silver, son of Hazediah Silver, married at 
Lowell, Mass., July 18, 1867, Antoinette M., daughter of Otis and 
Sarah Howe. He lives at Rumford Point and is a carpenter and 
farmer. 



396 HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 

Children : 

i Com .1., b. Oct. 9, 1869. ii Ina 3/., b. Aug. 26, 1873. iii Albert II., b. 
Nov. 29. 1874. iv Katio B., b. Dec. 15, 1876. v Ilattie F., b. Aug. 3, 1880. 
vi Leicis JS"., b. May 26, 1887. d. Jan. 11, 1888. 

George S. Silveu, son of James Silver, married Nancy Hutch- 
ins. He deceased several years ago. 

Children : » 

i Fred II.., b. June 2, 1857. 

Simpson. 

Renjamin Simpson married Poll}', daughter of Nathaniel, and a 
sister of Benjamin and Henry Kolfe. 

Children. 

i Nathaniel, b. May 9, 1790, ni. Lydia Elliot. 

ii Paul Rolfe, b. Dec. 10, 1791, m. JIaunah Thomas, d. 1881. 

iii John, b. . 

iv Joseph, b. , in. , d. in Wisconsin. 

V William, b. . 

vi Salhi, b. . 

Nathaniel Simpson married Lydia, daughter of Joseph and 
(Lydia) Goodwin Elliot of Concord, N. H. He died in Ruraford 
Dec. 13, 1874, aged nearly 84 years. His wife died July 15, 1883, 
aged about 8G years. 

Children : 

i David, b. Sept. 15, 1820, m. Mary Xewton. 
ii Eleanor, b. July 4, m. John Dolley. 

Paul R. Simpson married Hannah Thomas. He was a soldier 
in the war of 1812, in Capt. Bodwell's Norway Company. 

Children : 

i Abifjail G., b. , in, Laws^on F. (leineut. ii WilJard E., b. — — , 

1825. iii Paul P., b. , 1827. iv John D., b. , 1828. v Hannah M. 

b. , 1831. 

William Simpson, brother of Benj. Simpson, m. Abigail . 

Children : 

i Dolly, b. , in. Thoinas Abbot, s. Oxford, ii AVaa, b. Canterbury, 

N. H., Apr. 23, 1801. iii Mary, b. July 5, 1803. iv Sarah, b. Kuniford, 
July 19, 1806. V Bfujamin. b. Apr. 8, 1809. vi John, b. Aug. 4, 1811. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 397 

Small. 

James Small, son of James Small, born in Cape Elizabeth in 
1784, married Lydia, daughter of Amos Howard of Lyman, Me. 
He moved to Limerick and then to Lisbon. In 1826, he came to 
Rumford and bought the Simon Virgin farm, the one next above 
the Keyes or Timothy Walker farm. He was an intelligent man, 
much employed in town affairs and a Justice of the Peace. He died 
in Newry Nov. 1, 1845, and his wife died July 16, 1834, aged 53 
years. Amos Howard, father of Mrs. Small, was born May 2, 1752, 
and died in Rumford, Sept. 17, 1837. He was a Revolutionary 
soldier. 

Children : 

i Warren, b. Limerick, April 21, 1804, d. aged 20. 
ii Sarah Sherburne^ b. July 29, 1805, m. Amos Dwinel. 
lii James, b. Lisbon, ,Tuly 9, 1807, died at sea aged 20. 
iv Lydia, b. Nov. 13, 1809, d. aged 4 years. 
V Emeline, b, March 23, 1812, m. E. Carter Rolfe. 
vi Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1814, m. 1st, Abial Stevens ; 2d, Ezekiel Small. 
vii Cyrus, b. Apr. 18, 1816, m. 1st, Lucy A. Kimball, 2d, Sarah J. 

Thompson, 3d, Polly Martin, 
viii Sumner, b. Dec. 2.5, 1818, ra. Eliza Morley, r. Massachusetts. 
ix Mary Ann, b. Jan. 13, 1821, m. O'Neil R. Hastings of Xewry. 
X Lydia Ellen, b. June 6, 1823, m. John Smith of Newry. 
xi Albert, b. Sept. 11, 1825, m. Sarah Hastings. Mr. Small settled at 
Newry. He was for several sessions, Secretary of the Maine 
Senate. He subsequently moved to Auburn, and was long a 
bank cashier. He died there and his widow became the second 
wife of Judffe Charles W. Walton. 



Cyrus Small, son of the preceding, married first, Lucy Ann 
Kimball, and second, in 1848, Sarah Jane Thompson. She died 
and he married 3d, Polly Martin. Mr. Small settled in Caribou. 

Children : 
i Eveline, b. Sept. 27, 1839. 



Henry A. Small of another family, married Fanny D. - 

Children : 
i Freeman E., b. Stoneham, July 24, 1854. ii Thomas H., b. — 

Cleveland P., b. . iv James C, b. . v Mary E., b. 

vi Edxvard I., b. . vii Walter L. 



398 HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

Snow. 

Samuel S. Snow, bom in Bethlehem, N. H., Sept. 20, 1802, 
married Mary S., daughter of Ezra Hoyt. He came here from 
Andover, Mass., and moved from here to Saccarappa. He was the 
8on of Ono S. Snow. 

Childreu : 

i Benjamin Poor, b. Feb. 14, 1831, in. Annie Louisa Chandler, 
ii Harriet Newell, b. Nov. 12, 1832, m. Andrew J. Patridge; she died 
at Waterville. 

iii Temple Hoyt, b. July 8, 1834, ni. Marriner. 

iv Mary Annette^ b. July 10, 183G. ra. Llewellyn H. Drinkwater. 

v Clarissa Ellen, b. June 6, 1838, ra, Stratton. 

vi Caroline Elizabeth Smith, b. Apr. 12, 1840, m. Thomas H. Cruff, r. 

Oakland, Cal. 
vii Edward Fayson, b. Jan. 30, 1842, d. 1876, unmarried; served in 16th 

Me. Vols, 
viii Ezra Hoyt, b. Feb. 14, 1844. m. Ella Stratton, r. Worcester, 
ix Samuel Newell Whitney, b. Feb. 1, 1846. 

Spofford. 

Eldad SroFFORD, born January 1, 1745, married Lucy Spauld- 
ing of Townsend, Mass. He moved to Temple, N. H. 

Children ; 

i Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1769, m. Asa Howard, s. Howard's Gore, 

ii Jesse, b. 

iii Eliphalet, b. , m. Sally Kussell. 

iv Henry, b. 

V Lucy, b. Apr. 8, 1777, m. Joshua Felt; 2d, Merrill Chase. 

vi Hannah, b. . 

vii Sarah, b. . 

viii Isaac, b. June 22, 1782, m. Ann Fish, s. Kumford. 

ix Betsey, b. . 

X Milly, b. . 

xi Daniel, b. . 

xii Artemas, b. . 

xiii Earl^ b. . 



Stephens. 

John Ezua Stephens, sou of Ezra and Laura B. (Andrews) 
Stephens of Woodstock, and grandson of Benjamin and Abigail 
(Sampson) Stephens of Paris, worked three 3'ears in the watch 
factories of Waltham, Mass., and then came and commenced busi- 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 399 

ness at Rumford Centre. In addition to jewelry and watch repair- 
ing, he keeps a general store of goods, ownsf half of the dowel mill, 
nad is also Postmaster. He married Oct. 6, 1883, Corry, daughter 
of Hiram and Elizabeth Swain. 

Children : 

1 Glendon Webster^ b. May 27, 1885. 
ii Elizabeth Laura, b. Nov. 25, 1886, d. Feb. 19, 1887. 

Stevens. 

John Stevens, called "Merchant," was one of the largest pro- 
prietors of New Pennacook, and his son, Stephen G. Stevens, 
settled here. John Stevens was the son of John and Lydia (Soley) 
Stevens, and grandson of John Stevens, who was baptized in 1696, 
was a sea captain and died Sept. 26, 1748. His son, who married 
Lydia Soley in 1746, left only one son, who is the John mentioned 
first, and died in 1749. His widow married Stephen Greenleaf, 
John Stevens graduated at Harvard College in 1766, married Sarah 
Wood, and moved from Charlestown, Mass., where his ancestors had 
long resided, to Concord, N. H. He was a merchant and a man of 
means and influence. He died Dec. 25, 1792, and his widow died 
May 11, 1804, aged 53 years. 

Stephen Gkeenleaf Stevens was the son of John Stevens, 
merchant, of Concord, N. H., one of the proprietors of Rumford 
and a large owner of its lands. He was born Feb. 24, 1782. He 
married Ruth, daughter of Benjamin Elliot, in 1810. He once 
owned the land upon which Rumford Point Village now stands. 
Children : 

i Grace Bradley, b. July 7, 1811, m. Wm. Mills, moved to Illinois, 
ii Beiij. Wood, b. Jan. 11, 1814, in. Harriet G. Frost of Andover; r. 

Soiuerville, Mass. 
iii Stephen Greenleaf, b. March 12, 1816, m. Christiana Cushman of 

Oxford, r. Minn, 
iv Francis Cushman, b. May 15, 1818, m. Betsey H. Lucas of Hartford, 

r. Canton. 
V Thomas Jenners, b. Apr. 28, 1820, m. Linda M. Griffin, d. Canton in 

1878. 
vi Mabel Waite, b. March 7, 1826, m. first, Eugene Tufts of Saco, second, 

Sewall Thompson, r. Rumford. 
vii Samuel Bradley, b. Oct. 22, 1828, moved to Minnesota, 
viii William Freeman, b. Aug. 4, 1831, m. first, Susan Little of Cole- 
brook, N. H., and second, Arvilla E. McCrillis of Rumford. 



4*00 HISTORY OF BUM FORD. 

Aaron Stevens, born in Concord, N. H., January 8, 1785, 
married Sally, daughter of Israel Glines, of Loudon, N. H., who 
was born there August 18, 1784. He came to Rumford about the 
year 1806, and became one of the wealthiest men in town. When 
advanced in years he moved to Auburn where he married a second 
wife. He died Feb. 7, 1877, aged 9:3. 

Children : 

i Eben, b. Louden, May 16, 1805. 
ii Edicard, b. Nov. 2, 180!-!. in. 8\'i)il Boan. 
ill Ci/ntkia W., b. Feb. 9, 1813, ni. Isaac Washburn of Paris, 
iv Ahial i., b. May 20, 181.5, m. Elizabeth Small. 

EnwAKi) Stevens, son of Aaron Stevens, married Sybil, 
daughter of Luther Bean. He occupied a farm near the Corner, 
now occupied by his sons. 

Children : 

i Edward E., b. Mar. 211, 1838. ii Amos IL, b. Mar. 15, 1840. iii Aaron 
E.^ b. July 2, 1842. iv Frederick M.. b. June 8, 1844. v George D., b. 
April 8, 1847. 

PiiiNEAS Stevens, born in Loudon, N. H., Sept. 7, 1798, mar- 
ried first, Betsey , who was born in Epsom, N. H., Aug. 26, 

1796, and died in Rumford June 7, 1822. For second wife he 
married Mary S., daughter of Capt. Joseph Wardwell. 

Children : 

i Sally A'., b. Concord, X. H., Oct. 10. 1818. 
ii JMahala G., b. Aus;. 13, 1821, d. Feb. 15, 1822. 
By second wife : 

iii Daniel G., b. Jan. 14, 1826. 
iv Betsey //., b. Feb. 19, 1828. 
V Charlrs 0. B., b. April 11. 1829. 
vi Jamef! B., b. April 22, 1830. 
vii Margaret Annette^ b. March 27, 1832. 

viii Nancy Jane^ b. April 1, 1833, d. in Andover, May 4, 18G0. 
ix Josephine Martha^ b. Sept. 19, 1835, ni. Jonathan K. Martin of lium- 

ford. 
X Francis B., h. Dec. 26, 1836. 

Samuel Stevens married INIiriam . This family did not 

long remain in town. 

Children : 

i Patty, b. Lewiston, Mar. 12, 1794. ii Sally, b. Oct. 25, 1796. iii Bohcrt, 
b. Jan. 13, 1798. iv Mercy., b. June 2, 1800. v Joanna, b. July 14, 1802. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 401 

vi Samuel, h. May 29, 1804. vii Haines, b. April 15, ISOG. viii William 
Hinman, b. July 1, 1810. 

Haines Stevens married Nancy Abbot. 

Children : 

i Viola 3/., b. April 28. 1830. ii Isaac S., b. Aug. 18, 1832. iii Mercy 
S., b. Aug. 11, 1831. iv William W., b. Aug. 5, 1837. 

Jonathan Stevens married Elizabeth . 

Children : 

i Ezra Tucker, b. April 16, 1806, d. April 18, 1808. 

ii James, b. , d. May 15, 1808. 

iii Betsey, b. Sept. 14, 1809. 

Benjamin W. Stevens married Harriet G. Frost. 

Children : 
i Francis, b. Nov. 17, 1839. 

Stiles. 

Enoch Stiles, born in Bridgton Oct. 26, 1796, married Edna 
Dolloff, born June 6, 1789. He lived in Bridgton, Rumford, and 
EiTol, N. H., then moved to Bethel and died there. His wife died 
in Bethel, and he married Maria, (Latham) thejwidow of Evi 
Needham. 

Children : 

i Miriam, b. Bridgton. Dec. 5, 1817. 
ii Almira, b. Eumford, Nov. 20, 1821. 
iii Enoch Davis, b. Errol, N. H., Oct. 31, 1829. 
iv Bichard Dolloff, b. July 29, 1830. 

Swain. 

John Swain, son of John and Sarah (Richardson) Swain, born 
in Gilraanton, N. H., Jan. 22, 1793, married Rebecca D. Richards, 
who was born June 30, 1799. He died in Rumford July 22, 1861, 
and his wife died Oct. 17, 1868. John Swain, Senior, and his wife 
Sarah also died in Rumford. 

Childi'en : 

i John Jr., b. June 30, 1821, m. Charlotte W. KimbalL 
ii Hiram B., "j iri. Elizabeth D. Kneeland. 

> twins, b. Jan. 1, 1823. 
iii Francis B., J d. Sept. 10 following. 

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402 HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 

iv Lcvi^ b. Feb. 14, 1825, ra. Lucinda B. Kimball. 

V Cordelia, b. Nov. 1, 182G, d. Jan. 13, 1833. 

vi Roxana ir., b. Dec. 28. 1828. 

vii Amasa. b. Nov. 7, 1830. d. Oct. 12, 1831. 

viii Oliver Q., b. Aug. 5, 1832, d. Apr. 3, 1834. 

ix Edwin C, b. July 23, 1834. m. Mary A. Lovejoy. 

X Fhilena J,, b. Apr. 1, 1830, ra. Jan. 13, 1858, Adam W. Kimball, 

xi Loring F., b. March 28, 1838, m. June 22, 18G1, Amelia A. Glover. 

Hiram R. Swain married Elizabeth D. Kneeland. 

Children : 

i Lucena R., b. Aug., 1848, d. Aug. 3, 1872. 

ii Mary E., b. Jan. 3, 1851. 

iii Sarah B., b. Sept. 28, 18.54, d. June 24, 1877. 

iv Corr>j E., b. Apr. 12, 1858, m. John E. Stephens. 

V Horace H., b. Oct. 8, 1859. 

vl Wm. i?., b. Nov. 29, 1861. 

John Swain, Jr., married Charlotte W. Kimball, Nov. 20, 1849. 
He died May 25, 1884. 

Children : 

i Roscoe E., b. May 23, 1856. ii Virtue K., b. July 10, 1858. iii John 
Marshall, b. July 2G, 1860. iv Rosie Z., b. March 23, 1864. 

Levi Swain married Lucinda B. Kimball, Oct. 3, 1853. 

Children : 

i Roger W., b. Nov. 2, 1857, d. Dec. 8, 1868. 
ii Olive C, b. Sept. 16, 1861. ra. Sept. 27, 1879, John II. Flagg. 

Loring F. Swain married Amelia A., daughter of Livingston 
Glover, June 22, 1861. 

Children : 

i Roxie C, b. Sept. 19, 1862, ra. Joshua H. Abbot, 

ii Laura J?., b. Dec. 31, 1864, m. Nial F. Hoyt. 

iii Rebecca Z>., b. Feb. 16, 1867, m. Charles F. Lovejoy. 

iv Hattie A., b. Sept. 1, 1871. 

v Marcia C, b. June 26, 1873. 

vi Nina J., b. June 6, 1875. 

vii Edioin F., b. Sept. 11, 1877. 

viii Gertie L., b. Dec. 9, 1879. 

ix John R., b. May 30, 1882. 

X Leon G., b. July 13, 1887. 

Edwin Charles Swain, brother of the preceding, is a photogra- 



HISTORY OF BUMFOBD. 403 

plier at Maiden, Mass. He married Jan. 24, 1870, Mary A. Love- 
joy of Vassalboro. 

Children : 

i Fred AUen^'b. Apr. 3, 1871. ii Berton Smith, b. Nov. 2.5, 187.3. 

Sweat. 
Benjamin Sweat from Concord, N. H., was among the early 
settlers of that town. He had been a soldier in the war of the 
Revolution, and was a widower with one son, Benjamin Jr., when 
he came to Rumford. It is said that he married for a second wife 
Ruth Harriman of Dracut, who had been stewardess in the conti- 
nental army, and came to Rumford with one daughter, who married 
John Peabod}^, who settled on Howard's Gore. The elder Benjamin 
Sweat lived in Rumford a few years, then made him a home at 
"Fuller's banks," so called in Bethel where he died. He was in 
Rumford quite early, and his name is on the early petitions to the 
General Court. His second wife had the unsavory reputation of 
being a witch, and a noxious weed which appeared about that time 
was thought to have been sent by her to the neighboring farmers 
for some imaginary slight or offence. It was a variety of the nettle*, 
and to this day is known in Bethel and vicinity as "Old Granny 
Sweat Weed." It is recorded on Fryeburg records that Benjamin 
Sweat of Rumford, and widow Ruth Harriman, were married there 
July 16, 1794. 

Benjamin Sweat, Jr., son of the preceding, married Mary or 
Molly Harper, sister of the wife of William Godwin. He was a 
resident of Rumford a few years, and then moved to Bethel to a lot 
on the Paris and Rumford road, near the northern extremity of the 
"Whale's Back," so called. Here he cleared up a farm which at 
his decease, passed into the hands of his son Moses. 

Children : 

i Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1793, m. Daniel Glines. 

ii Dolly, b. Oct. 14, 1795, m. William Frost and d. May 26, 1863. 
ill Mehitable, b. Jan. 6, 1798, m. John Delano of Mexico. 
iv Abigail Andi-eics, b. Apr. 17, 1800, m. Wm. Delano of Livermore. 
V Sarah, b. May 2, 1802. 

vi Basimith, b. Apr. 15, 1806, m. David York, s. Woodstock, 
vii Benjamin, b. June 2, 1804, d. Dec. 9, 1806. 
viii Asenath, b. Oct. 16, 1808, m. Piratn Bisbee, d. Greenwood. 
ix Moses, b. Oct. 3, 1810, m. 1841, Fanny Cummings of Albany; r. 
Bethel. 



404. HISTOBY OF BUMFORD. 

Taylor. 

Families of Taylor have lived in Rumford, but no records of births 
have been received. Moses, William, Steplien, Jonathan C, 
Robert B., and Eugene Taylor are among those of this name whose 
intentions of marriage are recorded here. The records also show 
that Obed Taylor married Jerusha . 

Children : 

i Theron M., b. Sept. 10, 1839. 
ii Augxistus D., b. Oct. 22, 1847, d. Apr. 3, 1887. 
ill Edward T., b. Apr. 6, 1851. 
iv Enoch A.^ b. Oct. 4, 1855. 

Thomas. 

John Thomas, said to have been born at Brunswick, came to 
Norway in 1805, and there married Marian Crockett. He moved 
to Byron. 

John Thomas, Jr., born in Norway, July 4, 1809, married in 
Andover, Nov. 21, 1833, Lydia, daughter of Reuben and Sarah 
(Adams) Barrett, who was born in Nelson, N. H., May 8, 1815. 
They lived in Byron until 1836, when he bought the Daniel G. 
Abbot farm at East Rumford, where he died Oct. 12, 1864. His 
widow lives with her son, Peter C. Thomas, on the old Swain place. 

Children : 

i John L., b. Byron. July 15, 1834, m. Rebecca B. Virgin, 
ii Thphena, b. Rumford, July 16, 1837, m. Martin L. Wyman. 
iii Wilson, b. Oct. 5, 1839, m. Jan. 1, 1871, Etta Welch, 
iv Wa7ren B., b. Jan. 17, 1842. m. Mary Chisani of Boston. 
V Susan M., b. Jan. 28, 1844, m. Kufus Maxwell of Litchfield, d. 

Sept. 3, 18S5. 
vi Lewis A., b. Feb. 25, 1846, m. Mary A. Reed, 
vii Lydia S., b. Feb. 11, 1848, ra. 1st, Norman Moor, 2d, Charles L. 

Simpson, 
viii Peter C, b. Apr. 24, 1850, r. Rumford, unmarried, 
ix William Oscar, b. Apr. 14, 1852, d. Oct. 15, 1853. 
X Edna F., b. Oct. 25. 1854, m. Fred O. Bartlett of Rumford, d. June 

8, 1881. 
xi Mary jF., b. January 13, 1857, m. John C. Smith of Boston, 
xii and xiii twins, d. day of birth. May 10, 1836. 

John L. Thomas married Rebecca B., daughter of Charles E. 
Virgin. 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 405 

Children : 

i liosaline, b. Oct. 11, 1857, d. Nov. 14, 1S62. 

ii Charles A., b. Oct. 12. 1859, d. June 7, 1862. 

iii Jeff. Z)., b. 1863, m. Adelaide R. Haynes. 

iv Florence i., b. 1864, ra. Hiram T. Richards of Mexico. 

V John, b. 1867. 

vi Kate M., b. 1871. 

vii Emma P., b. 1874. 

Benjamin P. Thomas married Rachel A . 

Children : 

i Charles P., b. Sept. 13, 1850. li Prentice C, b. July 8, 1853. 

Perez Thomas from Hartford, came to Rumford about 1833, and 
bought an interest in land near East Rumford. He did not 
remain long but returned to Hartford. He was born in 1810, and 
his wife, Mary Sampson, of Hartford, was born in 1814. They 
were married in Rumford in 1834. Their children in 1850, were as 
follows : 

i Augxista 8., b. 1836. ii Benjamin F.. b. 1838. iii Moses ,S'., b. 1840. 
iv Dorcas P., b. 1843. v 3fary ]V., b. 1845. vi Priscilla C, b. 1848. 

Thompson. 

Isaac Thompson, Esq., of Middleboro, Mass., who married Lucy 
Sturtefant, was the son of John and Lydia (Wood) Thompson, and 
a descendant of John Thompson from the north of Wales, who 
came to Plymouth in 1622, and married Mary, daughter of Francis 
Cook of the Mayflower. Isaac Thompson and associates were large 
land-owners in the county of Oxford. June 10, 1792, Isaac and 
William Thompson and Joshua Eddy, all of Middleboro, Mass., 
and James Sprout of Taunton, bought of the Massachusetts com- 
mittee, a tract of land situated south of Androscoggin river, con- 
taining 24,750 acres, according to the survey of Samuel Titcomb 
in 1787, and known as No. 1, (now Peru). The price paid was 
$245.74. In 1801, the proprietors divided their domain, and about 
forty select lots became the property of Isaac Thompson. One 
condition of the sale was that the grantees should give a deed of 
one hundred acres to Daniel Luut, William Widgery and John Fox, 
who it seems, had settled on the tract prior to 1784. A portion of 
the land sold to Isaac Thompson and others, proved to be in the 
town of Jay which had been previously granted to others, and the 



40G . HISTORY OF liUMFORD. 

grantees decided to commence an action against the Commonwealth 
for the value of the lands granted them by mistake of the surveyor, 
and so the INIassachusetts committee concluded to ease tliem by 
granting them other lands. The new grant was part of No. 2, (now 
Franklin and Milton Plantations) which had been surveyed the 
year before by Abel Wheeler. The new grant is thus descril)ed : 
"Beginning on the easterly branch of Concord river on Rumford 
line, thence south 18^*^ east one mile ; thence south 1\\^ west, two 
miles and forty rods ; thence north 2\)^ east 478 rods to Rumford 
line; thence north 1\\"^ cast one mile on Rumford line to first 
bound." There was a i)rovision that all squatters on the territory 
prior to 1784, should have one hundred acres of land each, on the 
payment of five dollars. The territory here described is now within 
the limits of Milton Plantation, which was organized as such in 
1842. It was called "Thompsontown" previous to its organization 
as a plantation, and previous to that, with Franklin Plantation, was 
known as No. 2. A grant of half a township of Maine land was 
made to Milton (Mass.) Academy in 1798, and in 1811, the equiv- 
olent of the grant was deeded to the trustees out of the territory of 
Number 2, that portion which is now Milton Plantation, and hence 
its name. 

John Thompson, son of Isaac Thompson preceding, born in 
Middleboro, March 22, 1775, inherited a portion of his father's 
lands in what is now Milton Plantation, purchased also a piece of 
land in Rumford upon which he erected a large mansion house still 
standing above Abbot's Mills, and became a resident of this town. 
He was a Justice of the Peace, a surve^'or of land and conveyancer, 
and was ever prominent in town affairs. He was a man of sound 
judgment, social, genial and kind and highly respected by all. He 
married first, Sarah Austin, second, Belinda Dean, third, Jane Rich- 
ardson and fourth, Elizabeth M. P2ustis. 

Children : 

i /srmc, b. , ni. Emily Valentine, d. California. 

ii Peter A., b. Hartfonl, Aug. 10, 1S0;{, lu. U'ealthy Stevens, 
iii Lenndn\ b. Kunifonl, Juno 14, 1807, ui. Ilarfiet Burnham. 

iv tSeicall, b, , ni. Mabel Stevens. 

V Drhorah, b. , \n. Oren Hoynolds. 

vi George, b. , d. in infancy. 

By second wife : 

vii John Dean, b. Dec. 30, 1817, ni. April 6, 1848, Phebe Burt, b. Feb. 



HISTOJil' OF BUMFOBD. 407 

22, 1828. He resides in Raynhaiu, Mass., and has Ella Belinda, 
b. March 30, 1851. 
By third wife : 

viii Bobert Bichardson, b. . He was killed in the late war. 

ix Sarah Jane, b. , m. Cyrus Small, d. Rumford. 

X Belinda Dean, b. , m. George L. Beal, r. Norway. 

xi TJiomas Edwin, b. , r. Nebraska. 

xii Margaret Bichardson, b. , d. Norway, unmarried. 

xiii Charles, b. , d. Norway, unmarried. 

Peter Austin Thompson, second son of John Thompson, mar- 
ried Wealthy Stevens, who was born at Livermore, Me., July 23, 
1802. He was a farmer and lived in Rumford, and died there Feb. 
26, 1887. 

Children : 

i Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1829, m. Ajalon Godwin. 

ii Eliza I., b. Jan. 23, 1831. 
iii John, b. May 10, 1833, m. Sarah E. Moody, 
iv Emily, b. Nov. 1, 1835, m. Otis Wyman. 

V Ezra, b. Oct. 1, 1841. d. Bethel, 111., Feb. 20, 1878. 

Sewall Thompson, brother of the preceding, married Mabel W., 
daughter of Stephen G. Stevens. 

Children : 

i Eliza E. Tufts, b. Aug. 7, 1850. ii Sarah E., b. Apr. 28, 1856. iii May 
F., b. May 11. 1858. iv Susie A., b. Aug. 14, 1860. v Irving S., b. Apr. 
14, 1862. vi Jeaneatte L., b. Sept. 3, 1864. 

Leander Thompson, third son of John and Sarah Thompson, 
was boi'n at Rumford June 14, 1807. After receiving such educa- 
tion as the common schools afforded, he studied awhile at Hebron 
Academy and then at "Maine Wesleyan Seminary" which latter 
institution he left in 1829, before graduation. The spirit of travel 
and adventure had seized upon him, and he yielded to its seductive 
influences; and so, one bright spring morning in 1830, he bade his 
home, kindred and friends farewell, to join the tide of emigration 
seeking homes and fortunes in the youthful and inviting "West. He 
made his first stop in western New York, where he remained about 
a year and taught a term of school. Then pushing westward, he 
went to Michigan and stayed a while at Ann Arbor, and from thence 
to south-western Michigan, lingering for brief periods at various 
points in St. Joseph, Kalamazoo and Cass counties. He then took 



408. HISTORY OF BUMFOED. 

a journey to the Mississippi Valley, visiting the principal places 
from DubiKiue, Iowa, to 8t. Louis, Mo. Returning to South-western 
Michigan in a year or two more, he purchased the tract of land in 
1837 in Cass count}', which afterwards became his home. The next 
four years were spent partly in that vicinity and partly in northern 
Indiana. He was occupied during these years at teaching school 
and as a farm laborer. April 25, 1841, he was married to Miss 
Harriet Buruham, a native of Middletown, Vt., and they at once 
settled on their land to make a home. He died on Dec. 11, 1851, of 
dropsy and rheumatism, after a four weeks illness. His widow 
never remarried, but continued to reside on the home place till her 
death. May 3d, 1889. There were four children born of this mar- 
riage, Imt the first two died in infancy. The oldest, now Mrs. 
Laura Lamb, resides on the old farm, while the other, Merritt A., 
is a lawyer now living at Lyons, Kansas. Leander Thomi)son was 
plain and modest in manner, and of a practical turn of mind. He 
was remembered among his neighbors for his sterling qualities of 
mind and heart ; for his candor and uprightness, his strong practical 
common sense and devotion to princple. This latter quality was 
shown by the aid he gave to the black bondmen who came in his 
way, while fleeing from pursuing masters to homes of freedom in 
Canada. He and his wife not unfrequently gave food and shelter 
to the slave fugitive, although at their own grievous peril, if dis- 
covered. 

John Thompson, son of Peter Austin Thompson, married June 
30, 1S58, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eleanor (Crocker) 
Moody of Strong, Me. He is a farmer in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Flora Ellen, b. May 4, 18.59, m. Dec. 12, 188G, Geo. D. Hougliton. 
ii Ahbie May, b. January 30, 18G4. 
ill Emma Moody, h. Apr. 28, 1808. 
iv John William, b. Dec. 1, 1870. 

Thlk:>ton. 

TuLicwijinnv Thi;k:>t()N, sou of Truewortliy and Priscilla (Royal) 
Thurston of Peru, l)orn in Monmouth, Apr. 15, 181i>, married 
Rachel Fisher Welch of Monmouth, and moved to Rumford. 

Children : 

i Samuel Jioyal, h. .luly 2, 1847, ni. Carrie A. >Vliitiii:u-8h of Boston, 
Mass., r. Chicago. 



HISTOEY OF BUMFORD. 409 

ii William Henry, b. Dec. 12, 1848, m. Salome F. Glover of Rumford. 

iii Granville True, b. Oct. 13, 1850, m. Ada E. Lufkiu. 

iv Bobart Lamont, b. Feb. 28, 1852, m. Anna O'Connor, r. Chicago. 

V Lydia May, b. May 24, 18.54, m. John E. Goggin, r. Lewiston. 

vi Lizzie Odell, b. Jan. 1, 1857, ui. Thomas H. Burgess of Peru, 

vil Daniel Adams, b. Dec. 16, 1859, m. Jeuette Jewell, daughter of 

Loammi B. Peabody. 

viii Franklin Marston, b. January 7, 1861, resides Eumford, unmarried. 



Trumbull. 

Joseph Trumbull, Jr., was born July 12, 1812, and his wife, 
Hannah J. Howe of No. 2, was born Aug. 25, 1813. 

Children on town records : 

i AM, b. April 16, 1832. ii Foster, .b. Nov. 1, 1837. iii Stephen W., b. 
January 5, 1839. 

TWOMBLY. 

John F. Twombly, son of John B. and Polly (Fall) Twombly, 
born in Bethlehem, N. H., Jan. *23, 1825, married Maria E., 
daughter of Caleb Eastman, and resides in Rumford. 

Children : 

i Walter E., b. Jan. 2, 1853, m. Annie G. Collins. 
ii Francelia A., b. May 26, 1854, m. Joseph L. Webster, 
iii Granville C, b. Apr. 15, 1860. 

Virgin. 

The name of Virgin has ever been prominent in Rumford. Some 
six or more were among the early settlers, all from Concord, N. H. 

Ebenezer Virgin, the ancestor of the New England famil}^ of 
this name, came from England to Salisbury, Mass., thence to Dun- 
stable, and finally to Concord, N. H., being a proprietor, an early 
settler and one of the foremost men in town. He died in 1766. 
By wife Hannah he had : 

Phineas, b. Nov. 21, 1733, m. Abiah . 

Ebenezer, b. May 25, 1735, m. Dorcas Lovejoy. 

William, b. July 4, 1737, m. Mehitable Sticknej'. d. Aug. 21. 1803. 

Jonathan, b. Oct. 29. 1740, d. Feb. 8, 1755. 

Miriam, b. May 23, 1744. 

Elijah, b. June 17, 1747. 

John, b. Aug. 8, 1749, m. Betty . d. May 19, 1786. 



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410. HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 

1 PiiiNEAS Virgin, oldest son of the preceding, married Abiah 



Children : 

i Ruth, b. Dec. 7, 1775, m. Jacob Hoyt; d. July 29, 1803. 
ii Abigail, b. Feb. 20, 1777. 
ill PJmieas, b. Aug. 12, 1779. 

2 Ebenezer Virgin, Jr., brother of the preceding, married 
Dorcas Lovejoy. 

Children : 

5 i Jonathan, b. Nov. 28, 1758, m. Sarah Austin, d. May, 1813. 
ii MvUy, b. Jan. 3, 1761, m. Israel Glines, r. Kumford. 

iii Elijah, b. March 7, 1763. 

iv Hannah, b. June 5, 1765. 

6 V Daniel, b. May 5, 1767, m. Mary or Polly Wheeler, s. Rumford. 
vi Rhebe, b. Aug. 5, 17G9. 

vii Henry, b. Nov. 19, 1771. 

7 viii Simon, b. Sept. 21. 1779. 

8 ix Peter Chandler, b. July 23, 1783, m. Sally Keyes, s. Rumford. 

3 "William Virgin, brother of the preceding, married Mehita- 
ble Stickney, and had in Concord, N. H., the following children: 

i Sarah, b. Dec. 10, 1762. d. June 4, 1797. 

9 ii Jeremiah, b. Sept. 7, 1765. 

10 iii Ehenezer, b. March 15, 1767, m. 1st, Elizabeth Quiuby, 2d, Polly 

Gibson. 

11 iv William, b. Apr. 22, 1769. / 

V Ahial, b. Feb. 21. 1771. ./ 

vi Betty, b. Jan. 15, 1773. 

vii Bethiah, b. Feb. 23, 1775. 

viii Miriam, b. April 6, 1777. 

ix Molly, b. May 23. 1779. 

X Simeon, b. Nov. 11. 1781. 

xi Hannah, b. January 18, 1784. 

4 John Virgin, brother of the preceding, married Retty . 

Children : 

i James, b. Feb. 18. 1775, d. March 8 following, ii Susanna, b. Sept. 4, 
1777. iii Sally, b. May 30, 1780. iv John, b. January 14, 1783. v Joel, 
b. Nov. 30, 1785. 

5 Jonathan Virgin, oldest son of the second Ebenezer. mar- 
ried Sarah Austin. He died in Concord, May 9, 1813, and his 
widow in East Rumford, Sept. 17, 1825. 



HISTOBY OF BUMFOBD. 411 

Children : 

i Patty, b. March 21, 1783, ru. Wra. Wheeler, s. Rumford. 
ii Hazen^ b. March 20, 17S5. 

12 iii Aaron, b. Apr. 28 1787, m. 1813, Folly Farnum, s. Rumford. 
iv Isaac, b. July 14, 1789. 

13 V Buf7(s, b. January 2, 1792, m. 1814, Susan Abbot, s. Rumford. 

6 Daniel Virgin, brother of the preceding, married Mary Wheeler 
of Concord, N. H., daughter of Jeremiah Wheeler. He came to 
Rumford prior to 1793, and died here in March, 1813. His widow 
survived him many years, and died in Oct., 1856. 

Children : 

i Judith, b. 1788. m. Enoch Burnham. 

ii Dorcas, b. 1791, d. in Concord, in 1809. 

14 iii Ehenezer. b. 1793, m. Sarah Farnum. 
iv Lucy, b. 1795, d. young. 

V Jeremiah, b. 1796, m. Persis Russell of Bethel, 

vi Daniel, b. 1797, m. and moved to Massachusetts, d. 1875. 

15 vii Peter C, b. 1801, m. Mary Ann Di-aper. 
16viii Jonathan, b. 1804, m. Hannah Wheeler. 

ix Lucy, b. 1806, m. Hazadiah Silver. 

X Mary, ) m. Daniel Farnum. 

V twins, b. 1808. 
xi William, j d. 1829. 
xii Sarah, b. 1810, d. 1814. 
xiii Emeline, b. 1812, d. 1814. 

7 Simon Virgin, brother of the preceding, married and settled 
in Rumford on the farm next above the Keyes place. He sold out 
to James Small in 1826, and returned to New Hampshire. 

Children : 

1 Phebe, b. < was never married. 

ii Clarissa, b. , ni. 1826, Enos Dillingham of Portland. 

iii Hannah, b. , m. 1881, Henry Lane of Sanbornton, N. H. 

iv Charlotte, b. , d. unmarried. 

V Hazen, b. , d. unmarried. 

S Peter Chandler Virgin, (see personal notice) was the 
youngest son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Lovejoy) Virgin of Concord, 
N. H., and grandson of Ebenezer Virgin, the emigrant and early 
settler in Concord. He married Sally, daughter of Francis Keyes. 

Children : 

i Maria Louisa Caroline, b. Apr. 13, 1814, m. Otis C. Bolster. 
17 ii Patrick Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1816, m. Lavina Bean, 
iii Joseph W., b. Sept. 5, 1820, d. Aug. 7, 1822. 



412 HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 

18 iv William Wirt, h. Sept. 18, 182:j, m. Siirah H. Cole. 

V Theodore F., b. Feb. o, 18:^1. 

vi Dorcas Courtney, b. .Tuiie 24, 18;53, m. James Dingley, Jr., of Auburn, 
and died witbout cbildren. 

Jeremiah ViuciiN, son of William and Mehitable (Stickney) 

Virgin. Married . He lived on Swift river, on the Rumford 

side. 

Children : 

i Jonathan Stickney, h. . ii John,h. . ill Harriet, h. , 

m. Jeremiah Kichardsou. 

10 Ebenezer Virgin, son of William and Mehitable (Stickney) 
Virgin, b. March 15, 1767, married Elizabeth Quinby. He was one 
of the early settlers in Rumford, his seventh child being born here. 
For second wife he married Mrs. Polly Gibson of Brownfield, Me. 

Children : 

i Charles, b. Hopkinton, N. H.. Maj' 6. 1787; he was a preacher, 

ii FJsther, b. Concord, N. IL, Apr. 6, 1789, d. Oct. 21, 1804. 

iii Nancy, b. Feb. 1, 1792, m. Francis Porter, s. Roxburj'-. 

iv Leavitt Clough, b. Jan. 13, 1794. m. 1817, Hannah Osgood. 

19 v Osgood Eaton, b. June 4, 1795, m. Clarissa Taylor of No. 7. 
vi William, b. January 28, 1707. 

vii Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1799, d. Oct. 7, 1800. 

viii Eliza, b. Oct. 23, 1803, d. March 17, 1817. 

ix Hannah, b. Sept. G, 1807. 
By second wife he had : 

X Emily, b. Jan. 18, 1814, d. May 4, 1818. 

20 xi Ebenezer, b. Sept. 1815, m. Ruth P. Brown, 
xii Joseph B., b. Aug. 15, 1818. 

xiii Sophronia E.. b. Feb. 4, 1820 d. Oct. 9 following, 
xiv /S'ara/i, b. Nov. 20, 1821. 
XV Solon, b. Feb. 15, 1820. 

11 William Virgin married Mary . He was thrown 

from his wagon and killed in the town of Wayne, many years ago. 

Children : 

i Uriah H., b. Apr. 29, 1803, m. Mary Pvoberts of Wayne, 
ii Sally, b. Dec. 13 1804, in. Stephen FiUiiuin. 
iii Diantha, b. Oct. 2, 1800, m. 1833, Charles E. Virgin. 
iv Mary Jane, h. ^\ii\ 12. 1818. 

V Emily Ann, h. \\n\ 4. 1S21. 

12 Aaron Virgin, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Austin Virgin, 
married in January, 1813, Polly Farnum, who was born August 21, 



HISTORY OF EUMFORD. 



413 



1791. He was a fanner and a mechanic, and an ingenious worker 
of wood. 

Children : 

1 Alvira J.^h. Noy. 3, 1813. m. Isaac VV. Cleasby. 
21 ii Benjamin F.. b. Oct. 20. 1815, m. Eunice Kyle, 
iii Sarah Farniim, b. Dec. 2.5 1816, m. Cornelius H. Whitman of Mexico. 

13 RuFus Virgin married Susan Abbot. He came to Rum- 
ford and occupied the farm next above the F'alls. He died June 




THE RUFU3 VIRGIN PLACE. 



3d, 1858, and his widow, Nov. 1, 1868. He was a mill-wright and 
with Nathan Knapp, l)uilt the first mill on Rumford Falls. He was 
also a farmer and hbuse-wright. 

Children : 

22 i Jonathan^ b. Sept. 29, 1817, ra. Nancy K. (Elliot) Whitman, s. 

Hanover, 
ii Chaplin, b. Oct. 24, 1820, r. Rumford Center, unmarried. 

23 iii Abbot, b. Oct. 28, 1822. m. 1857, Caroline H. Moody, 
iv Snsan M.. b. June 10, 1829. d. May 28. 1S63. 

V Albert, b. Apr. 13, 1831, m. 1861, Sophila W. Scott. 



441 IIISTOBY OF IIUMFOBD. 

14: EiiEN Virgin married Sarah Farnum. He was a farmer 
and lived at Rumford Corner. He was a noted fifer, and was in 
great demand at May trainings and musters. 

Children : 

i Ambrose, b. Aug. 9, 182S, d, 1847. 

ii Sarah Elizabeth., b. January 20, 1840, m. Samuel Marston. 
Four children died young. 

13 Peter C. Virgin, 2d, son of Daniel and May ("Wheeler) 
Virgin, married Mary Ann Draper. He was a farmer and mason. 

Children : 

24 i George Z>., b. Dec. 22, 1827, m. Lucy A. McKenney of Phillips, 
ii Sarah^ b. , d. aged 6 years. 

iii Edicin. b. March 6, 1828, left town when young ; r. Portland, Oregon. 

25 iv Charles A'., b. Apr. 18, 1833, three times married, r. Mexico. 

V Fiorina, b. June 22 1837, d. young, 

vi Diantha A., b. Oct., 1840, d. Oct.. 1858. 

vii Lxicy, b. May 20, 1844, m. and lives in Haverhill, Mass. 

viii Benjamin F., b. April 5, 1847, m. Jan. 16, 1866, Ella F. Raymond. 

ix Maria C, b. Aug. 7, 1848. 

10 Jonathan Virgin, son of Daniel and brother of the pre- 
ceding, married Hannah, daughter of Abel Wheeler. He was long 
in trade at Rumford Corner. He has deceased and his widow 
resides at Rumford Center. 

Children : 

i Caroline Hill, b. Aug. 24, 1829, m. Charles II. Kolfe, and second, 

John C. Graham, 
ii Ebenezer Frank, b. Jan. 14, 1830; he went to California. 

1 7 Patrick Henry Virgin, married Lavina, daughter of Luther 
Bean of Rumford. He was a farmer and resided below Rumford 
Corner. He died in 1887. 

Children : 

i Charles C, b. Sept. 26, 1847, d. Sept. 13, 1873. 

11 William Wirt, b. April 6, 1854. 
iii Milford F., b. June 15, 1856. 

18 William Wirt Virgin, brother of the preceding, (see 
personal notice) married Sept. 18, 1851, Sarah H., daughter of 
Horatio G. and Parmelia (Stowell) Cole of Paris. He lived in 
Norway and then moved to Portland, where he now resides. 

Children ; 

i Harry B., b. Aug. 25, 1854; he is an Attorney at Law and resides in 
Portland. 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 415 

19 Osgood E. Virgin, son of Ebenezer Virgin, married Clarissa 
Taylor, who died in 1880, Feb. 26, aged 80 and 1-3 years. 

Children : 

i Leavitt, b. Apr. 22, 1818, d. Oct. 1, 1839. 11 Stephen, b. Jan. 29, 1820, 
d. Jan. 7, 1859. iii Eliza, b. Jan. 29, 1820. iv Manj A., b. Oct. 7, 1821. 
V Isaac (?., b. Feb. 17, 1823. vi William B., b. March 29, 1824. 26 vii 
Stanley i¥., b. Feb. 18, 1827. viii Surepta P., b. Oct. 10. 1828. ix Hazen 
(?., b, Sept. 28, 1829, d. young, x Hazen G., b. June 20, 1834. 

20 Ebenezer Virgin, Jr., married Ruth P. Brown in 1841. 
He was the son of Ebenezer and Polly (Gibson) Virgin. 

Children : 

i Solon, b. Oct. 11, 1842. ii Mary K., b. Apr. 19, 1844. iii Sarah 31., b. 
Aug. 16, 1846. iv Susan 31., b. Jan. 5, 1848. v John W., h. Nov. 5, 1849. 

21 Benjamin F. Virgin, son of Aaron Virgin, m. Eunice 
Kyle. He moved from Rumford to Lewiston and thence to Con- 
cord, N. H. 

Children : 

i Clara F.,h. June 20, 1844. 

ii Frank P., b. Oct. 13, 1850,. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 
1875, studied medicine and after graduating, settled in Rochester, 
N. H. He married Annie Edgecomb of Great Falls, N. H. 

22 Jonathan Virgin married first, Nancy K. (Elliot) Whit- 
man, and second, Phebe Hutchins. He moved to Hanover and 
operated mills there for several years. He still resides at Hanover 
Village. 

Children : 

i George Albert, b. Nov. 15, 1851. 

ii Riifus John, b. January 13, 1857, m. S. Marcella, daughter of Prentiss 
M. Putnam. He is at South Bethel, and proprietor of the mills 
there. 

23 Abbot Virgin married Caroline A. Moody. 

Children : 

i Mellen A., b. Aug. 23, 1858. 

24: George D. Virgin, son of Peter C. Virgin, 2d, married 
Lucy A. McKenuey of Phillips. He died suddenly while riding in 
a sleigh. He had sons and daughters but only the following are 
found on Rumford records. 



416 HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 

Children : 

i George A.^ b. Oct. 14. 1S54. m. Richardson, ii Fred £"., b. Jan. 

23, 1857. iii Cincinnati A., b. March 17, 1859. iv Wallace C, b. March 
12, 18G1. 

23 Charles K. Virgin, son of Peter C. Virgin, 2d, has been 
three times married. He married first, Sarah Jane Blood, second, 
Mrs. Abigail INIcLaughlin, and third, Mrs. Mary E. Richardson. 
He lives at Mexico Corner. 

Children : 

i Charles Edwin, b. May — , 18G0. ii Ella F., b. Sept. 13, 1862. iii John 
S., b. April 15, 1864. iv Arthur R., b. , 1866. 

2G Stanley M. Virgin married Lenora . 

Children on town record : 

i Cora il/., b. Sept. 11, 1855. ii Anna 3/., b. Apr. 16, 1857. 

Charles E. Virgin married Diantha Virgin. He was the son of 
Abial Virgin of Concord, and his wife was his cousin, and the 
daughter of William. 

Children : 

i Rebecca B., b. Apr. 21, 1835. 
ii Charles M., b. June 30, 1845, d. March 19, 1849. 
iii Valora Ann, b. July 7, 1850, d. Oct. 26, 1851. 

Walcott. 

AViLLiAM AValcott was a resident of Rumford for a few years 
and was a clothier. His only children recorded here were : 

i Edicard Alfonso, b. Oct. 1, 1824, d. Oct. 28, 1825. 
ii Harriet Emily, b. Sept. 19, 1826, d. Sept. 12, 1828. 

Walker. 

No family in Concord, N. H., was more influential and more 
highly respected than that of Walker. The first of the name there 
and who has a numerous descent, was Rev. Timothy Walker, the 
first minister of the town, who was the son of Dea. Samuel Walker 
of Woburn, Mass., and was born there July 27, 1705. He grad- 
uated at Harvard College in 1725, married Nov. 12, 1730, Sarah, 
daughter of James Burbeen, who was born in Woburn, June 17, 
1701. He died Sept. 1, 1782, and his wife died Feb. 19, 1778. 



HISTORY OF BUMFOIiD. All 

They were buried side by side iu tlie old Concord burying ground. 
His pastorate in Concord covered a period of more than fifty years. 

Children : 

1 Sarah, b. June IS, 1732, d. Dec. 21, 173(3. 
ii Timothy, b. June 26, 1737, ni. Esther Burbeen of VVobuni. 
iii Sarah, b. Au^. G, 1739, m. first, Benj. Eolfe, and second, Benj. 

Thompson (Count Kuuiford). 
iv Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1742, ni. Dr. Ebenezer H. Goss. 
V Judith, b. Dec. 24, 1744, ui, first, Capt. Abial Chandler, and second, 
Nathaniel Rolfe, Jr. 

CoL. Timothy Walker, son of the preceding, was a distinguished 
citizen of Concord. He graduated at Harvard College in 1756. 
He studied theology and was licensed to preach in 1759, and in the 
summer of 1765, preached in Fryeburg. He then went into mer- 
cantile pursuits and settled in Concord. He was a member of the 
first Provincial Congress, a member of the Committee of Supply, 
and was Commissioned Colonel of the 3d New Hampshire Regiment 
Sept. 5, 1775. He was afterwards a member of the Council, and 
also served in the Continental Congress again in 1778, 1782 and 
1784. He was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 
and subsequently was candidate for Governor, but was defeated by 
Ex. Governor Gilman. It was through his influence that the grant 
of Rumford, Me., was made to citizens of Concord who had suffered 
loss on account of the settlement of the boundary line between Mass- 
achusetts and New Hampshire. He died in 1802. He married 
Esther Burbeen, daughter of Rev. Joseph Burbeen of Woburn. They 
had fourteen children. The oldest son, Timothy, b. P^'eb. 2, 1767, 
lived in Concord, excepting that before his marriage he spent a year 
or two in Rumford, where his father had large landed interests, 
having purchased rights until he owned nearly one-fourth of the 
township. Timothy Walker, Jr. was three times married. 

Charles Walker, second son of Col. Timothy Walker, born in 
Concord, Sept. 25, 1765, graduated from Harvard College in 1789. 
He was the first teacher of Aurean Academy in Amherst, studied 
law with Hon. John Pickering of Portsmouth, and in 1796, married 
his daughter Hannah. He was the second Postmaster in Concord, 
Solicitor for Rockingham county, and for several years President of 
the upper Concord Bank. He died July 29, 1834. 



418 HISTORY OF BUM FORD. 

Children : 

i Charles, b. March iJl, 170S, "graduated at Harvard Collejje, studied 
law, on account of ill health resided at Key West and Porto liico, 
returned to Concord and died of consumption Sept. 30, 1843. 
ii Lucretia Pickering, b. July 15. 1799, ni. Sept. 29, 1818, Prof. S. F. B. 

Morse, LL. D., r. New Haven, Conn, 
iii Siisan linrhren, b. Oct. 24, 1801, ni. Feb. 14, 1826, Hon. Wm. Pickering 

of Concord, 
iv Anyiistns yViUard, b. Jul}' 10, 1803, ni. January 1.5, 1836, Abigail A. 
Hanson, s. in Atkinson, Me., a merchant. 

V Timothy, b. July 10, 1813, m. Luna Abbot, s. Rumford. 

Hon. Timothy Walker (see sketch) came to Rumford when a 
young man and married April 16, 18.'};"), Luna, daughter of David 
Abbot. 

Children : 

i Sarah, h. March 4. 1836, m. Gen. Stephen H. Manning. He was an 
ofiicer in the late war and was promoted through the several 
grades to Brigadier General. He was at one time Commander of 
the Department of Texas. His wife was with him and had much 
experience in camp life. They were in the city of Mexico at the 
collapse of the Maximillian dynasty, and General Manning was 
for a brief time, a prisoner in the hands of the Mexicans. They 
have no children. 

ii (Jliarles, b. Sept. 16, 1837, (see sketch) m. Augusta P. Hall of Paris. 
He has l)een Treasurer of I>ewiston, Pepresentative to the Legis- 
lature, and is now Postmaster. 

iii Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1840, m. Herschel Parker,* r. Brooklyn, N. Y. 

iv Cynthia, b. Apr. 15, 1845, r. Rumford, unmarried. 

V Susan, b. April 21, 1849, r. unmarried at Rumford. 

Caleb V,. Walker married Amanda . 

Children : 

i Mary A., b. March 18, 1853. ii Charles A., b. Apr. 9, 1857. iii John 
S., b. Nov. 9, 1859. iv Webster E., b. Nov. 15, 1863. 

Ward WELL. 

Joseph Wardwell, son of Joshua and Mary Wardwell, born in 
Andover, Mass., January 29, 17.09-60, married Sarah, daughter of 



♦Herschel Parker was born In I)rn<'Ut, Mass., Deo. lit, 1^2n, ami died In Brooklyn, Aup. 
8, 1870. His eldest son, Othy Bradley I'arker, born In Hrookh n, .lannary •Id. im'A, grad- 
uated from School of Mines, Coluniliia ColU!>;e, In I8S.S, a.s Mlnhi),' Knglncer, and In 1889, 
■was ajiiiolntetl Fellow In the Department of I'hyslcs In the same CollrKe. The second 
son, Hers'jhel Clifl'ortl I'arker, born July 1>, 18G7, I's a member of the class of l.x'.Hi, Colum- 
bia College, and a ain<lldate for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy In the course of 
Analytical and Applied Chemistry. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 419 

Rev. Dr. Moses Hemmenway, the distinguished minister of Wells, 
Me. She was born Sept. 2, 1763. He died March 5, 1841). 
Children : 

i Joseph //., b. Oct. .'5, 1795, iii. r.j^diu Howard. 

ii Moses^ b. . lie was a sliipmaster and disappeared at New 

Orleans. 

iii Sarah, b. . in. Samuel Bartlett. 

iv Mary S.. b. , ra. Phineas Stevens. 

V b. , d. . 

Joseph H. Wardwell, born Oct. 3, 179.5, married Lydia, 
daughter of Asa Howard, who was born March 4, 1795. He was 
long in trade at the Corner. He died March 2, 1840, and was 
buried the same day as his father. His widow survived him many 
years and died in Lowell, Mass. 
Children : 

i James, b. January 12, 1818. d. next daj^ 
ii Samuel, b. January 10, 1819, d. January 12 following, 
iii William Howard, b. March 7, 1820, r. Boston, unmarried, 
iv Caroline Hill, b. Jan. 20, 1822, m. Stephen Barker. Jr., r. Lowell, 

Mass. 
V Charles Pinckney, b. Feb. 4, 1824, m. Marcia Cole, 
vi Moses Hemmingway, b. July 21, 1825. 
vii George Jefferds, b. Sept. 24, 1826, ra. Margaret Morse, r. Rutland, Vt. 

vili Joseph W,, b. , m. Maria Bullard. 

ix ThomaSj b. Nov. 10, 1828, d. same day. 
X Jarvis Carter, b. Oct. 8, 1829, m. Maria Harlow. 
xi Asa Spofford, b. Aug. 3, 1831, d. in Rumford unmarried. 
xii Lydin Howard, b. Oct. 17, IS^.S, m. Xathaniel B. Crockett, r. Boston, 
xiii Elizabeth Hotmrd, b. Aug. 17, 1835, m. Charles W. Farnum. 
xiv Betsey, b. Oct. 19, 1839, d. same day. 

Jeremiah Wardwell, son of Thomas and Mary Wardwell, born 
in Andover, Mass., Dec. 6, 1748, was a soldier in the war for Inde- 
pendence, and at the close of the war, he married Judith Virgin of 
Concord, N. H., and still later moved to Andover, Me. He died 
in Sidney, and his wife died and was buried at Stevens' Plains, 
Bearing, Me. 

Jeremiah Wardwell, Jr., cabinet-maker, furniture dealer and 
undertaker, born in Andover, Me., Apr. 11,1810, resided at Rumford 
Corner. He served a term in the Maine Legislature. He married 
Jenette Farnum, (maiden name Burnham of Paris) widow of Abial 
Farnum, who died June 12, 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1887. 



420 HISTORY OF RUM FORD. 

Children : 

i Martha Ann, b. Oct. G, 1838. in. Albert Sweetser, r. Stonehaiu, Mass. 
ii Granville M., b. June 22, 1840, d. Aug. 10, 1842. 
iii Emily L., b. Aug. 2, 1846, m. Mark T. Adams. 
V Oeorge H., b. April 15, 1851. 

vi John H., b. June 3. 18.55, in. Jan. 1, 1883, Lillian Eastman, daughter 
of James and Miranda Eastman of Lovell, Me. He is Postniaster 
at Kumford Corner. 

WnEELiiu. 

Jeremiah Wiikelek was of Concord, N. H. He was twice mar- 
ried, first, to Keziah , who died Aug. 12, 1789, and second, 

to Sarah Abbot, who died Aug. 20, 1847, aged 88 years. Mr. 
Wheeler died Oct. 17, 1827, aged 80. The following children are 
recorded in the Concord records : 

Children : 

i Dorcas, b. Feb.. 177i, m. David Farnum. 

ii Polly, b. Sept. 10, 1772, m. Daniel Virgin. ^ 

iii Abel, b. Sept. 2, 1774, m. Betsey Austin, 

iv Betty, b. May 25, 1776, m. Daniel Knight. 

V Hannah, b. Feb. 21, 1778, m. John Martin, 2d, John Kimball, 
vi Sally, b. May 27, 1780, m. Nathan Brown. 

vii William, b. July 5, 1782, m. Patty, daughter of Jonatlian and Sarah 
Virgin of Concord, N. IT. 
By second wife : 

viii Keziah, b. , m. Cohnan Godwin. 

ix Lydia b. January 8, 1791. 

X John, b. Feb. 25, 1793, m. Whitton. 

xi Jeremiah, b. Feb. 14, 1795. 

xii Ruth W., b. January 4, 1799, m. Andrew Moodj'. 
xiii Judith, b. Aug. 10, 1802, m. St. T.uke Morse, 
xiv Miriam, b. June 21, 1805. 

Abel Wiieeleu, son of the preceding, came quite early to Kum- 
ford and was much employed in town affairs. He was a celebrated 
school teacher, and continued to teach town schools until he was 
upwards of seventy years of age. He married Betsey Austin. 

Children : 

1 Polly, b. Dec. 22, 1801, d. Sept. 20, 1805. 
ii Dorcas, b. Feb. 22, 1803, m. Heury C. Holfe. 
iii Sophia, b. Aug. 13, 1804, m. Peter Kimball, r. Bethel, 
iv Hannah, b. Jul)' 13, 1806, m. Jonathan Virgiu. 

V Arvilla, b. May 13, 1808. 

vi BHsiii, b. June 2!>. 1809, d. Sept. 15, 1810. 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 421 

vii Philip Melancthon, b. Dec. 4, 1812, m. Deborah D. Hall, 
viii Betsey^ b. March 12. 1815, m. Ganzelo Elliot, r. Livenuore. 
ix Alexander^ b. Nov. 27, 1816. 

William Wheeler, brother of the preceding, was a very promi- 
nent man from the time he came to town. He served in various 
town offices, was Capt. of a militia company that went to Portland 
during the war of 1812, and was afterwards Colonel of his regiment. 
At the death of his wife which occurred January 4, 1826, he removed 
to Peacham, Vt., where he remarried and had other children. The 
following were by the first marriage. His first wife was Patty Virgin, 
born in Concord, March 21, 1783. 

Children : 

i Cynthia., b. Concord, January 29, 1802, m. Alvan Bolster. 

ii Vashti, b. Nov. 28, 1806, in. Levi Abbot, 

iii Jeneatte, b. Feb. 1, 1810, d. March 6, 1820. 

iv Sarah, b. Apr. IS, 1812. 

v Lnsina, b. May 17, 1814, d. Apr. 27, 1827. 

vi Wm. H. H., b. Dec. 11, 1815. 

viii s:',f/z";r, }'"'■■=- ''•I'-- ».!«"• 

ix Victor Marean, b. July 14, 1820. 
X Philomela, b. June 17, 1823, d. Sept. 6, following, 
xi Martha, b. Oct. 18, 1824. 

Philip M. Wheeler married March 13, 1834, Deborah D. Hall, 
who was born in Rumford Jan. 18, 1811. He died Sept. 16, 1846. 

Children : 

i Ann A., b. March 9, 1835, ui. Samuel F. Harlow, d. Aug. 19, 1869. 
ii Addison M., b. March 28, 1841, d. Apr. 14, followina:. 
iii Charles Fredand, b. Feb. 11, 1843. m. Clara F., daughter of Benj. F. 
Virgin, Sept. 21, 1871; no children. 

James H. Withington had the following children baptized in 
Rumford. He married Sarah Adams of Andover, July, 1810. 
Children : 

i James Harvey, ii Eben Preston, iii Augustus, iv Sarah Adams and 
v Mai-y Weston, twins. 

Wood. 

Phineas Wood, born in Dracut, Mass., came quite early to 
Rumford. He was an extensive farmer and stock raiser and became 
forehanded. He died Apr. 28, 1845, aged 66 years. He married 



422 HISTOIiY OF RUMFORD. 

first, Martha Spaulding of Chelmsford, ]\Iass., who died Oct. 28, 
1823, aged 45, second, IMrs. Elizal)eth Kidder of Tewksbury, Mass. 

Children : 

i Esther, b. June 3, 1802, in. Asa Abbot. 
ii Betsey, b. March 4, 1804, m. Natlian Abbot. 
iii Patty, b. Feb. 6, 1806, m. Amos Jordan of Andover. 
iv Phineas Spaulding, b. Feb. 28, 1808, d. same year. 

V Phinens SpaiOdiny. b. July 23, 180!), d. Sept. G, 1830. 

vi Louisa, b. , 1812, m. Farnuni Jewett of Waterford, d. 1881. 

vii William, b. Oct., 1814, drowned in the Androsc-oggin river. 
viii Vilera Mansnr, b. March, 181!), m. 1843, Solomon Caldwell of Al- 
bany; now resides at North Waterford. 

By second wife : 

ix Samufd Hiklreth, b. Nov. 29, 1824, m. Sarah J. Bartlett, d. Oct., 1865. 
X John Richardson, b. Sept. 1, 1826, m. Louisa Kawson, r. Brooklyn, 

New Yojk. 
xi Sitsan Maria, b. June 3, 1829, ni. Apr. 16, 1848, John C. Graham, 

d. Dec, 1870. 
xii Rowena Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1832, m. Samuel Hildreth, d. Feb., 1883. 
xiii Charles Jackson, b. Feb. 9, 1834, d. July 4, 1848. He was drowned 
in the Androscoggin river near tlie Toiiit. 

Nathaniel Woods eatne here from Hallowell prior to 1844. His 

wife was Lois K. , who died June 7, 18o7. He died January 

19, 1859. 

Children : 

i Charles E.. b. Hallowell, Jan. 14, 1833, m. Harriet H. Elkins. 

ii Caroline A., b. Aug. 18. 1836. 

iii Leonard M., b. Oct. 22, 1838. 

iv Horace F., b. Apr. 17, 1841. 

V Samuel P.. b. Itumford, Dec. 17, 1844, d. March 4. 1847. 
vi Sarah A., b. March 29, 1847. 

vii Hannah F., b. Feb. 8, 1852. 

CiiAiu.Es E. Woods married Harriet H. Elkins. 

Children : 

i Lois A., h. June 6, 1858. ii Charles A., b. Oct. 22, 1859. 

Walton. 
Henry I>. Walton married Clara . 



Children. 

i Alicr M.. 1). June 1, ISd: 



IIISTOUy OF BUMFORD. 423 

Wyman. 

Henry Harrison Wyman, son of Rev. Thomas "Wyman, born in 
Livermore, Me., Sept. 10, 1813, married Mary White, who was 
born in Dixfield, May 28, 1813. He died in Rumford, March 28, 
1883, and his widow resides in Carthage. 

Children : 

i Eliza J., b. Aug. 9, 1836, m. Benj. F. Kichmond; 2d. John Burns. 

ii James H., b. June 3, 1838, m. Jennie B. Bartlett of Jay. 

ill Benjamin i?., b. March 3, 1840, ra. Betsey R. Hall of Peru, 

iv Dorington, b. Xov. 25, 1841, m. Lucilla R. Hawes. 

V Martha 0., b. May 22, 1843. 

vi Nancy IF., b. Oct. 22, 1845, m. E. P. Goodwin. 

vii Samuel S., b. Julj^ 31, 1847, ni. Susie Crumble, 

viii Adelbert N., b. Dec. 24, 1851, ra. Annie Safford. 

ix Horace ilf., b. June 9, 1854, d. Apr. 9, 1855. 

X Thomas E., b. Apr. 2, 1856 m. Elizabeth Carney. 

xi Ba7id Jr., b. January 10, 1860, in. Mary A. Gorman. 

Benjamin B. Wyman, son of the preceding, is a farmer and 
resides in Rumford. He was married March 16, 1865, by Rev. 
Thomas J. True, to Betsey R., daughter of Elbridge G. and Deborah 
K. Hall of Peru. 

Children : 

i Bertha P., b. Nov. 9, 1871. ii Elbridge IL, b. Feb. 12, 1873. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



PAGE 1 TO 264. 



Abbott, 2, 7, 11, 12. It). 18. 23, 24, 
25, 2(), 28, 80, 33, 34, 3.->, 3(1, 
37, 3!», 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 61, 
(56, 69. 70. 73. 74, 77, 78, 79, 
80, 81. 82. 83, 84. 85. 86 88, 
90, 112, 114, 115, 126, 127, 128, 
129. 130, 133, 139. 141, 142, 
143. 146, 156, 162, 163, 164, 165, 
166, J67, 168. 169, 171. 172, 
188, 189, 190, l!tl, 192, 193. 
194. 195, 198. 199, 200, 201. 
202. 203, 209, 214, 217, 218, 
219. 221, 226, 227, 231, 233, 
237, 238, 242, 244, 245, 253, 
256, 260, 263. 

Avery 14, 40 

Austin 14, 70, 115. .129, 171, 263 

Atherton 35, 52 

Adams, 36, 37. 52, 62. 63, 64. 65, W,, 



68, 69, 70, 73, 77, 95, 104. 112, 
124, 126, 128, 129, 135, 136, 
142, 143, 145, 156, 165, 166, 
167. 186. 188, 189, 190, 192, 
195. 198, 199, 200. 203, 212, 
226, 229, 233. 234, 239, 240, 
242, 245, 246. 247. 248, 263. 
Andrews, 52, 81, 82, 115, 126. 127, 
129, 130. 145, 165, 166, 171, 
172, 202 203, 263. 
Afklev, 78. 115, 162, 172, 198, 200, 
203, 209. 263. ^ , 

Allen 80, 145. 167, 196, 203, 242 

Arnold 81, 115, 203, 240, 242 

Atkinson 143 

Amy 147 

Asbury 151 

Atkins 169. 263 

Appleton 247 



B 



Bradley ... 11, 15, 16 18, 26. 49. 72 

Brodks 14, 187 

Brown. 35. .53, 61. GG, 68, 70, 73, 74, 

129, 142, 145, 160, 169, 173, 

189. 199. 263. 

Baldwin ' 42. 46 

Barrett 54. 214 

Barnard 55 1 29, 2:U 

Brister 62, 204 

Bean, 65. 66 105. 171, 173, 207, 223, 

226. 229. 238. 252. 
Bartlett, 68, 71, 80. si, 129, 130. 136, 

141. 156, 157, 166, 169, 192. 

194, 195, 199, 201, 204, 233. 

241, 244. 
Bolster. 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78. 82, 83, 

85, 92, 93, 95, 112, 124, 126, 

127, 128, 129, 139 142, 1.54, 

163. 164. 165. 192, 193. 194. 

195i 198, 19:>, 204 218, 219, 221, 

226, 232 23;',, 236, 2.!9, 242. 

248, 249, 2.50. 258. 



Bisbee, 76. 129, 130, 194, 204. 
Braekett, 77 129, 130, 166, 173, 203, 

240, 242. 
Barker, 78, 112, 167, 173, 193, 194, 

204, 253, 263. 

Bodwell 78, 173 

Bulloek. 80, 82, 83, 194, 204, 239, 

240. 

Bent 145, 206 

Biiilev 145, 166 

Burl.ank 145, 167. 195 223 

Batc.^ 146 

Biissctt 148 

Booth 148 

Biivy l.JO, 169 

IJovnlon 166 

Burns I(i6, 172 

I'.cli 167 

Burnbani 167, 169 

I'.otbwcU 167 

lUuki- 169 

Baker 171, 173, 204, 232 



HIS TOBY OF RUMFORD. 



425^ 



Buck 173, 197 

Eonney 196, 197 

Burgess 198 

Bryant 204 

Beard 204 

Brigham 281 

Bagnall 241 

Bunker 80, 130, 141, 162 

Bronson 81 

Bradbury 85 

Blanehard, 85, 130, 154, 155, 172, 

173. 194, 204, 233, 241, 242, 

258 i 

Bacon 86, 112, 192 

Bragg 126, 127, 128, 129, 167 



Brickett 126, 127, 128, 129 

Bessee 127 

Barden 127, 204, 234 

Bradford 128, 129 

Blake 129, 145 

Barton 129 

Bovd 129 

Briggs 129, 145 

Blossom 130 

Bishop 130 

Bennett 130, 242 

Beecher 138, 257 

Barnaby 140 

Bowen 142 

Balkam 143 



o 



Colbv, 7, 16. 18, 22. 36, 49. 61, 63, 

' 65, 68. 73, 77, 82, 83,' 84, 130, 

139, 142, 171. 174, 192, 194, 

195, 200, 201, 204, 241, 

Gushing 11, 14, 93 

Cotton 11 

Chandler, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 

25, 26, 30. 33, 52, 72, 82 188, 

196, 197, 226, 259. 

Coffin 11, 18. 26, 146 

Carter, 12, 18. 26, 29, 67. 70, 72, 73, 

74, 81, 136, 141, 142, 153, 164, 

169. 201, 204. 
Chase, 12, 19. 26, 74, 128, 129, 130, 

145, 174, 185. 

Chauncev 12, 19, 23, 26, 145 

Coleman 12. 21 

Chamberlain 13, 73, 74, 86, 142 

Capen 33, 35, 263 

Cummings 55, 129 

Chapman 55, 77, 129, 130, 198 

Clisby 67, 136. 141, 142, 201 

Clark 67, 114, 226 

Carlton 68, 70 

Cushman, 68, 69, 70, 73. 74, 77, 79, 

93. 95, 126. 129, 139, 142, 163, 

165, 174, 191. 192, 193, 195, 



199. 204, 223, 227, 228, 229, 239. 

Carr 70, 166, 191, 199 

Crockett, 72, 73, 93, 127, 128, 129, 

142, 193, 195, 233. 

Crocker 73, 229 

Cobb 74, 75, 145, 171, 174, 197 

Chew 77, 198 

Clement 78. 174, 204, 205 

Carey 80, 82, 205. 207 

Cobiirn 81, 174, 205 

Caldwell 81, 142, 198, 205, 223 

Curtis 82, 171, 174, 204, 205 

Crosby 82, 135 

Church 102 

Cates 1 29 

Cole 129, 130, 141, 204, 242 

Child 130 

Cox 130 

Cressey 136, 137 

Chisholm 160 

Cross 166, 221, 226, 236, 242 

Crane 167 

Casey 174 

Chesley 197 

Clifford 247 

Cleveland 260 

Cronmiett 263 



D 



Dresser 12, 19, 26, 129 

Durgin 12. 19, 2(!, 130, 263 

Davis 12, 21, 28, 36, 129 

Dana 12, 21, 28, 81, 85, 152 

Dennison 14 

Dt)dge 22 

Duston 25, 65, 167, 227 

Dollott". 28, 34, 52, 60, 68, 70, 75, 76, 
78, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 112, 127, 
128, 129, 130, 162, 175. 190, 
192, 195, 199, 200, 205, 233, 
234, 242. 
Dow 36, 145 



Dolly, 52, 66, 70, 136, 141, 142, 166, 

175, 190, 205, 237. 

Dexter 67 

Dane 70, 137, 141 

Dunlap 75, 76 

Drake 77 

Dwinal 79, 175, 194, 205. 243 

Doje 79, 212 

Dearborn, 81, 139, 142, 166, 200, 205, 

210. 

Dudley 102 

Dingley 114 

Dunn 129, 171, 17&- 



426 



HISTORY OF BUMFORD. 



Deano 130 

Dehiiio 138, 142, 174, 191, 20r. 

Doniiell 141 

Downing 145 

Dasconib 14H 



Douglass 17.") 

Dix 180 

Dunton 187 

Dyer 257 



E 



Eastman, ('>, 11, 12, 10, 18, 1!>, 22, 23, 
24, 2(5, 27, 34, 35, 3(!, 37, 39, 
49, 50, 58, Gfi, G8, 70, 72, 73, 
77, 82, 136, 141, 175, 17G, 190, 

205, 200. 242, 2C3. 

Elliot, 7, 2f), 34, 51, 52, 59, 04, 60, 
70, 74. 82, 83. 84, 120, 129, 130, 
139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 149, 
150, 105, 160, 175, 179, 188, 
194, 195, 199, 200, 201, 205, 

206, 212, 237, 242, 243, 244, 
263. 



Eaton, 26, 50, 52, 59, 04, 60, 08, 70, 
72, 77, 112. 109, 171, 175, 193, 
198, 200, 200, 220, 241. 

Estes 03, 72, 129, 175, 234 

Elkins 76, 200, 205 

Eustis 76, 129, 193, 195, 226, 257 

Ellis 129. 130, 166 

Edmonds 129, 130 

Emeiy 152 

Evans 153 

Etheridge 205, 240, 242 



P 



Farnum, 7, 11, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 
30, 35, 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 60, 
62, 63, 04, 05, 00, 67, 08, 69, 
70, 72. 74, 77, 78, 79. 81, 112, 
126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 
137, 138, 141, 142, 103, 164, 
165, 166, 108, 109, 176, 192, 
193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 
201, 206, 207, 221. 220, 232, 
234, 239, 241, 250, 25], 203. 
Farrington, 12, 19, 27, 74. 145, 167, 
168. 

Fowler 12, 19.27 

Fuller, 14, 74, 76, 95. 130, 145, 164, 
193, 198, 204, 207, 239, 240, 
244, 256. 

Felt 31, 36 

Fogg 34, 189 

Frye 53 

Farrar 54 

Flint ..67. 70. 128, 156, 163, 191, 207 



Frost, 08, 75, 85, 86, 112, 124, 127, 
128, 129, 130, 137, 139, 142, 
104, 160, 107. 108, 191, 192, 
195, 201, 207, 241. 

Ford 70, 82, 191, 200, 240 

Fairfield 77, 78 

Fessenden 81 

Farwell 114, 126 

Frazier 129 

F'airgraves 130 

Fox 130, 234 

Furness 139, 142 

F'innegan 143 

Fillmore 145 

Foster 145, 146, 149, 168 

French 145, 146, 166 

Freeland 153 

Flovd lf;7 

Foye 171, 170 

Faunec 1 70 



G 



Gould, 3, 67, 76, 87, 93, 94, 121, 
134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 
141, 148, 149, 161, 102, 184, 
180, 188, 195, 218, 241. 

Gorges 5 

Gerrish 10, 12, 14, 145 

Green 12, 19, 27. 30, 79, 199, 214 

Goss, 12. 10, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 
30, 35, 30, 48, 49, 52, 58, 59, 
00, 06, 189, 191, 226, 227. 

Gale 12, 19. 27, 52 

Gardner • • • • 14 

(Joodwin 26, 36, .50, 66, 171. 177 

Graham, 29, 30, 35, 36, 39, 52, 53, 



58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 
70, 72, 73, 74. 75, 76. 77. 
92, 112, 126. 127. 128, 120, 
136, 137, 139, 141, 142. 
104, 108, 188. 189. 190. 
193, 195, 198. 199. 201 
220, 227, 233. 234. 23!). 244 

Gill 

Gage 

Godwin, 52, ()3. 05. 06, 67, 0^. 70 
75, 77. 78. 79, 80, 81, 82, 
124, 126. 127. 128. 129. 
138, 139. 142. 1(;3, 164. 
177, 192. 195, 200. 207, 237. 



68, 

80, 
135, 
162, 
192, 
207, 



..40 
.42 
. 73, 
95, 
137, 
171, 
263. 



HIS TOE T OF BUM FOB D. 



427 



Greeiileaf 66, 70, 73, 141, 198 

Gliues, 70, 75, 136, 137, 141, 142, 166, 

168, 169, 199. 207, 226, 263. 
Goddard, 70. 72, 83. 130, 168, 169, 

176, 177, 195, 199, 201, 207. 

Glover 80, 81, 130, 207, 240, 242 

Gammon 82, 130, 145 

Gleasoii 112, 128, 129, 130 

Gallison 113. 114 



Gillet 128, 129 

Griffith 128, 129 

Garland 129, 139, 141,143 

Grosveuor 145 

Gaines 146 

Godfrej^ 168 

Greenwood 196, 197 

Goud 207 

George 29 



H 



Hall, 7, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 
28, 33, 54, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 
70, 73, 74, 66, 78, 81, 93, 94, 
112, 126, 128, 130, 136, 1.37, 
138, 141, 142, 147, 165, 166, 

168, 169, 184, 186, 188. 190, 

191, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 
208, 226, 242, 260, 263. 

Hutchinson 9, 11, 177 

Hazeltine 11, 19, 27 

Hannaford 24, 28, 144, 145, 168 

Hinkson, 26, 50, 52. 63, 6G, 6.S, 70, 
77, 79, 135. 136, 141, 169, 189, 

190, 191, 198, 199, 200, 204. 

208, 213, 237, 240. 

Harper, 26. 35, 36, 50, 52, 60. 61, 62, 
63, 129, 130, 177, 189, 234, 238, 
263. 

Hutchins, 32, 63, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 
75, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 112, 

126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 
136, 137, 141, 142, 146, 163, 
164, 166, 169, 178, 185, 187, 

192, 193. 194, 195, 200. 209, 
226, 239, 240, 241, 243, 263. 

Hunting, 37, 62, 63, 64, 66, 190, 191, 

227. 
Howe. 52, 60, 61, 63, 65, 6G, 68, 70, 

72. 74, 76, 78, 86, 112, 113, 126, 

127, 129, 130, 135, 136, 141, 
142, 146. 156, 162, 164, 168, 

169, 177, 186, 189, 192, 193, 
194, 195, 198. 199, 200, 208, 

209, 217, 223, 227, 230, 231, 
232, 235. 240, 241, 245. 

Howard, 55, 69, 72, 73, 76, 77, 83. 84, 
86, 96, 129, 136, 141, 142, 143, 
162, 168, 169, 185, 186, 187, 

191, 194. 195, 198. 199. 201. 
208, 227. 237. 240. 

Higgins 61, 65, 136, 141, 188 

Hodsdon...65. 77, 166, 168, 190, 191 



Hoj^t, 66, 68, 70, 77, 81, 83, 84, 112, 
130, 136, 141, 144, 145, 146, 
158. 189. 192, 194, 195, 198, 

199, 200, 208, 213, 226, 241, 259. 

Hodgdon 70 

Heniingwajs 72, 75, 77. 141. 142, 

208, 226, 233, 240, 241, 261. 

Hinklev 73, 169 

Holt, 75, 1.39, 140, 142, 155. 187, 199, 

200, 201, 209. 

Hill 76 

Hopkins, 80, 81, 82, 139, 140, 142, 
187, 198, 208. 

Hubbard 81, 82, 139, 242, 248 

Hamlin 81. 83 

Holmes 82, 153 

Hayden 112 

Hobbs 113, 114, 129 

Holmau 127, 129, 130, 165, 242 

Hilboru 128, 129 

Holland 129 

Hayes 129, 130, 168 

Hirst 130 

Harris 142, 149. 199,236,242 

Hotehkiss 144, 145 

Hiuman 145 

Hastings 145 

Hodgman 177 

Hatch 145 

Holden 169 

Hillmau 145 

Hawes 148 

Henlev 168 

Hurd ' 148 

Hoppin 154 

Hardy... 166, 169, 171, 177. 189. 209 

Hewev 168 

Hitchcock 185 

Hammond 196 

Handy 240, 242 

Head 253 

Howell 255 



Ingalls 48 Irish . 



.84, 86, 194 



Jackson, 2, 3, 130, 178, 197, 201, 209, Jarvis 50 

234, 257. Johnson 55 



428 IIISrOBY OF RUMFORD. 

Jenninjifsi 7S, Kid Jewell 168 

Jiinieson s") Jaeobs 171, 178 

Jones .... 129, 141, 145, 200, 209, 2(\\\ Juilkins 205 

Jordan 180, 189, 171,178 Janiott 261 

Jaques 145 

K 

Kimball, 11, 12, IC, 17, 19, 20, 21, Knight, 2G, 88. 50, 51, 52, 59, (;2, 63, 

22, 28, 24, 26, 27, 28, 81, 83, 64, 65, {H\, 68, 69, 70, 112, 126, 

34, 35, 36, 50, 52, 60. 64, 65, 130, 141, 145, 162, 167, 190, 

66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 193, 195, 199, 209. 226, 234, 

78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 86, 92, 250, 263. 

98, 95. 112, 126, 127, 128, 129, Kinsman 16, 17 

146, 153, 155, 156. 168, 165. Knowles 37 

169, 185, 186. 189, 190, 191, King 67, 68. 69,72 

192, 193. 194, 195, 199, 200, Knapp, 73, 77. 78, 79, 90, 122, 124, 

209, 226, 228, 2.83, 234, 239, 129, 141, 142, 146, 161, 164. 

240, 242, 252, 253, 2.54, 255. 165, 169, 171, 178, 192, 193, 

Keyes. 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 195, 199, 201, 209, 210, 218, 

31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 48, 49, 50. 221.226,232,233,234,242,268. 

51, 52, 53, 57, 58, .59, 60, 61, Kent 77, 78 

62, 68, 64, 66, 70. 77, 88, 89, Kvle 78, 198, 209, 263 

95, 108. 106. 142, 171. 178, 190, Kidder 82, 180, 210 

192, 193, 195, 197, 200, 203, Kilgore 112.167 

204, 214, 220, 225, 226, 227, Kennison 199.210 

234, 251, 252, 259. Keach 199 



Lufkin, 3, 33, 36, .50, 52, 63, 66, 68, Leavitt 124. 171, 178 

70. 73, 76, 77. 78, 79, 81. 82, Larrabee 128, 129,257 

84, 86, 88, 126, 127, 128,129, Learned 129 

144, 151, 162, 165, 166, 169, Leland 189 

171, 178, 186, 189, 190, 192, Lewis 145, KW, 221 

194, 195, 199, 210, 211, 234, 235. Lowell 168, 284 

Lovejoy. 12, 21, 28, 85, 166, 204, 210 Locke 168 

Liveinioi-e 51 Laphaui 171, 178, 179. 2.80, 253 

Longfellow 60 Lunt 171,179 

Lincoln 64,65,74,104 Little 179,197 

Lyon 72 Linsey 179 

Lamb 72. 166 Lockmeyer 179 

Lurvev 76 Leach 195, 232, 238, 242 

Lang 80. 171,179,210 Lane 199,200,212,217 

Lovel 96 Lord 206 

Longk'v 118 Lee 2.89 

Lathani 118. 114,145 Lafaj^ette 261,262 

M 

Macomber 4,5 142, 146, 150, 189, 191, 246, 

Mason 5. 145 268. 

Martin. 7, 28, 8(>, 81, 82, .88, 34, 85, 52, Marsh 12, 21. 52 

58, .59, 60, 61, 62, 68. 64, 66. {\A, McIIurd 12. 21. 28 

70, 74, 78, HI, 82, 83, 84,86, 88, McAllister 26. 51, 52, (;2, 71,80 

122, 124, 1.80, 187. 188, 140, Moor, 28, 88, .50. 52, {\H, 71. 76, m, 
142, 143, 144, 146, 164, 165, 186, 145. 162, 168, 169, 180, 

168, 171, 179. 180, 192, 198, 211, 226, 227. 

194, 195. 199, 200, 201, 210, Manley 33,157 

211, 214, 228. 284, 241, 268. Morse, 37, 48, 62, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78, 

Merrill. 7, 11. 20. 27, 52. 58. 77, 104, 79, 81, 1.86, 189, 141, 142. 164, 

126, 127, 12H, 129, 180, 140, 165, 16!», 188, 192, 198, 199, 



niSrOBY OF BUMFOBD. 



429 



200, 201, 210, 211, 221, 236, 

240, 242, 263. 

McMillan 55 

Mansur, 68, 71, 75, 112, 156, 169, 180, 

202, 211, 240, 263. 

Marean 71, 189, 240 

Mlllett 73, 157, 158, 163 

Millikeu 76 

McCrillis 76, 199, 210 

Moody, 80, 83, 142, 148, 171, 179, 
'l80, 194, 199, 200, 201, 206, 

211, 230, 242, 263. 

Morrill 82, 83 

Marble 112, 129, 130. 242 

Mitchell 112, 130 

McQuillan 130 

McCarty 130 

Mclntire 130 

N 

Niles 14 

Nash 21 

N<!wraan 130 

Newell 145, 150 

Noyes 166 

o 

Osgood 11, 20, 27, 36, 168, 169 



McBriar 141 

Miller 144 

Murray 146 

McKenney , 166 

Maj'berry 167 

Merryfield 168 

Moultou 168 

Magill 171 

Mullen 171, 180 

McGill 180 

Morey 180 

McAudley 180 

Mulligan 209 

Moiton 210 

Monroe 211 

Mills 212 

Maxfield 240, 242 



Newton 167, 168, 169, 181, 211 

Nutter 168 

Nelson 181 

Nutting 206 



Phillips. 11, 12, 14, 20, 21, 27, 40, 60, 

67, 68. 
Putnam, 26, 34, 35, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 
64, 65, 66. 68. 71, 73, 74, 76, 
77, 81, 82, 86, 112, 128, 129, 
130, 136, 142, 157, 162, 168, 
181, 186. 189, 191, 193. 194, 
195, 198. 199. 200, 211, 212, 
226, 234, 237, 240, 242, 243. 
Page, 26, 28, 51, 52, 58. 64, 66, 68, 
71, 90, 145, 188, 189, 236. 

Partridge 33, 52 

Perley 51, 149 

Parsons 52, 196, 197 

Poor, 55, 69, 112, 126, 127, 129, 149, 
168. 190, 246, 247. 

Puffer 61,66, 77, 80, 191, 242 

Powers 68, 126, 129, 130, 241 

Parris 72. 73, 82 

Parker, 75, 76, 138. 142, 145, 169, 
181, 199, 211, 226, 263. 

Parlin 75, 77, 193 

Parks 77 

Perry. 77, 86, 145, 181, 194, 212, 242 
Peavy , 80, 208 



Poland 81, 200, 211 

Philbriek 81, 212 

Pillsbury 82, 86 

Pettingill, 86, 128, 130, 192, 194, 237, 

241. 

Pool 113 

Pratt 129, 143, 145 

Park 129, 130 

Pollock 130 

Porter 137, 194 

Peabody, 141, 142, 143, 165, 169, 199, 

201, 211, 237, 240. 

Pitcher 143 

Paine 145, 181 

Prince 168, 242 

Pearl 168 

Philbrook 168 

Peverly ISl, 236 

Perham 185 

Price 234 

Plaisted 242 

Peaslee 247 

Proctor 257 

Penley 257 



Q 



Quinby 145 



430 



HISTORY OF RUMFORD. 



R 



Eolfe, 7, 12, 20, 25. 2(n 27, 34, 35, 30, 
42, r.1, 52, 01, (12, 64, G5, 0(1, 
09, 71, 72, 73, 7!). 80, 128, 131, 
132, 133, 134, 141, 142, 164, 
108, 109, 181, 184, 188, 189, 
193, 195, 212, 213, 223, 225, 
22{!, 250, 257, 258, 203. 
Richardson, io, 30, 52, 59, 00, 02, 
00, 08, 71, 78, 81, 83, 84, 129, 
130, 139, 142, 1G9, 18^, 193, 
198, 199, 200, 201. 205, 209, 
212. 213, 214, 217, 221, 242. 

Rennals 12 

Runnels 21, 33, 34, 35 

lf<)l»l)ins 40, 00, 257, 

Ripiej', 52, 59, 71, 130, 162, 168, 190, 
212. 

Rice 55. 231 

Randal, 05, 128, 129, 130, 143, 145, 

168. 215. 249. 
Rawson, 74, 75, 70. 77, 82, 112, 149, 
152. 1.53, 165, 192, 193, 195, 



201, 212, 235, 202. 

Reynolds 77 

Rirhniond 78, 213 

Jfohinson 78. 1:50, 198 

Roberts, 78, 82, 129. 130. 142, 156, 

158, 105, 192. 194, 195. 212. 
Russell, 79, 85, 124, 130, 146, 158, 

181, 212. 
Ray, 80, 138, 141, 142, 143, 166, 200, 

212, 213. 
Ricker...81, 212, 213. 240, 242, 258. 

Reed 82, 83, 130, 242 

Rojrers 103. 104 

Russ 128, 129 

Rose 130 

Rujcgles 153 

Rich 160 

Royal 100 

Rverson 167 

Richards 109, 212 

Ross 233, 234 



s 



Stickney, 11, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 
24. 27. 34. 30, 37, 49, 50, 150, 

188, 190, 231. 

Stevens, 11, 12, 20. 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 
27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 30, 
37, 50, 51, 52, 62, 05. 66, 68, 
71, 73. 76, 77. 78, 79, 81, 93, 

112, 126, 128, 130, 142, 146, 
106. 168, 182, 188, 189, 190, 
193, 195. 198, 199, 200, 213, 
214, 221, 220, 227, 229, 240. 

Smart, 12, 20, 27, 67, 71, 84, 108, 190, 
191, 227. 

Straw 12, 20, 27 

.Sever 14 

Stone 14, 2(1, 51, 139, 145 

Sessions 22 

Se^ar, 20, 51, 104, 162, 169, 182, 213, 

214. 
Sweat. 26, 29. 51. 52, CO, 65, 66. 71, 

136, 102, 240. 
Simpson. 30, 62, 65, 71. 106, 108, 109, 

189, 190, 191, 213, 210. 

Sanborn 34, 52, 129, 188 

Strickland 51, 137,201,263 

Stowcll 54, 113 

Starr 55 

Stowe 55 

Strong 00, 01,04,67, 1.36 

Smith, 00, 00, 74, 75, 83, 96, 100, 112, 

113, 122, 130, 141, 142, 143, 
145, 160, 108, 182, 199, 200, 
201, 213, 223, 236, 239, 241, 
242, 257. 



Silver, 61, 63, 65, 71, 73, 79, 136, 141, 

142, 109, 182, 195, 200, 213, 

214. 

Sullivan 03. 64. 

Stoi-v 63 

Swain, 67. 08, 71, 79, 83, 194, 213, 

214, 242. 
Small, 73, 112, 124, 130, 158, 105, 181, 

182, 192, 195, 198, 199, 200, 

209, 213, 240, 241, 242, 256 

263. 
Stanley. .74, 128, 129, 130, 168,242. 

Sprague 76 

Sheldon 76, 139, 142, 143 

Stiles 76, 166 

Snow, 78, 103, 124, 139, 142, 108, 

228, 258, 259. 

Sawin 113 

Sea vey 114 

Steward 120 

Stiiiipson 145 

Swan 120, 127, 129, 189 

Stockwell 128, 129, 130 

Storer 130 

Severv 130 

Spottord 130 

Sanderson 136 

Sutton 137, 141 

Southworth 143 

Snf'then 143 

Speed 145 

Shaw 145, 190 

Snell 145 

Soule 145 

Staples 140, 236 



HISTORY OF RUMFOBD. 



431 



Swinnerton 147 

Stockbridge 165, 342 

Shackley 1(50 

Spring 1G7 



Shorboru 169 

Scott 239 

Sargent 242 



Thompson, 12, 20, 27, 30, 32, 41, 42, 
43, 44, 64, 68, 69, 78, 95, 139, 
142, 146, 169, 188, 193, 197, 
199, 214, 220, 242, 257. 

Twitchell 25 52, 107, 188, 190, 

236. 
Taylor, 34, 48, 52, 60, 129, 182, 204, 
214. 

Titcomb 50, 197 

Turner 54 

Tyler 71,214 

Thomas, 77, 79, 112, 130, 171, 182, 

194, 199. 203, 214. 
Trumbull, 77. 138, 142, 199, 201, 205, 

214. 
Tuttle 114 



Tingley 127, 128, 129, 146 

Taber 129 

Tracy 129 

Trask 129 

True 143, 145 

Trafton 145 

Tenney 146 

Tevvksbury 157 

Tainter 166 

Tucker 166 

Truett 168 

Tiipp 168 

Twonibly 182 

Treadwell 198 

Torrey 240 

Thurston 240 



u 



Upton 251 



Virgin, 7, 12, 20, 27, 30, 31, 34, 37, 
52, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, m, 
67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 
77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 90, 95, 
112, 122. 130, 137, 138, 139, 
141, 142, 144, 146, 152, 154, 
161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167. 
168. 169, 183, 186, 187, 188, 



192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 
200, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 
219, 220, 221, 224, 226, 227, 
234, 237, 238, 242, 250, 253, 

Varnum 36, 152, 188 

Vivian 145, 195 

Varney 168 



w 



Wiggin 6, 7 

Walker, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, 14, 15, 
16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 
32, 33, 34, 36, 42, 49, 50. 51, 
52, 72, 76, 78, 79, 80. 82, 83, 
85, 86, 87, 101, 112, 129, 130, 
141, 146, 183, 188, 190, 193, 
194, 195, 215, 230, 237, 245, 
252, 259, 260. 

Webster. 10, 12, 14, 129 

Ward 14, 150 

White 14, 126, 127,168 

Wendall 14 

Wheeler, 7, 30, 36, 37, 52, 55, 59, 60, 
62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 
72, 95, 112, 126. 127, 130, 136, 
139, 141, 142. 147, 163, 166, 
167, 184, 188, 192, 193, 195, 
198, 199, 200, 212, 215, 226, 
232, 233, 236, 239, 245, 249, 
258, 263. 



Wood, 35, 61, 66, 67, 68, 71. 74. 76, 
81, 142. 169, 190, 194, 195, 199, 
200, 215, 222, 223, 227, 237, 
262, 263. 
Whittemore, 37, 52, 58, 59, 63, 135, 
136, 141, 188, 195, 199, 238. ...^ 

Winthrop 42 

Whitney 54 

Waters 54 

Warren.. 54, 79, 80, 82, 168, 183, 215 

Wadsworth 60 

Winkley 64, 65 

Witt 66 

Wardwell, 66, 68, 71, 112, 126, 127. 
129, 146, 162, 163, 164, 165^ 
169, 188, 192, 193, 195, 198, 
199, 200, 215, 232, 233, 234, 
244, 261, 262. 

Whitman 72, 73 

Wingate 72 

Walton 79, 129, 249 



432 HISTOIiY OF JiUMFOED. 

Wolls 8;? AVeiitworth Ur, 

Washburnc...., 84, 85, 215, 2(;:{ Whitteii 147 

Williamson 87 Wilkins 158 

Wolf !)() Waite KiG 

AVhaiton 103 Watson 1(!7 

Watcihouso li;?, 114 Winj,^ 171, 18:5.242 

Wrii^Iit 114. 1:50 Wvnian l.H.',, 215 

Woodman 114 Wiilcott 195, 2:M\, 242 

Warden 12(1 Wakefield 1!)8 

Winter 12t), KK! Willard 210, 2;}r, 

West i;{0. ISi) Woods 215, 242 

Wiley l;!0 Winslow 215, 2:«, 242 

Withington 141 Weaver 217 

Wheelwright 143 AViLson 242 

Y 

Tork 25, Ifi!) Yeaton 129 

Toung 53, 1(50 



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